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Study: Market rate housing developments help lower housing costs
Instead of driving up rents and pushing people out—an all-too-common fear—the influx of new housing helps to ease financial pressure on existing tenants by lowering rent prices and curbing the forces of gentrification.
Are local elected leaders as moderate as they claim?
local politics operates within an ideological framework similar to provincial and federal politics, even if the ideological labels are less explicit.
Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect
Understanding the extent to which cities can heat themselves up offers powerful tools for cooling them down as human-driven global warming raises the baseline temperature.
Ballot questions tackle high property taxes that come with rising home values
Colorado’s ballot measures are just two of nearly a dozen upcoming questions dealing with property taxes in states across the country.
In some cities, second thoughts about gunshot detection sensors
Many cities are struggling to assess the costs and benefits of the technology.
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Media and Commentary
Don’t make policing ideological. Here’s how to establish 2-way trust
From The Kansas City Star
Transparent, open government: what it takes, what it delivers, and how it helps governments
From Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Sunshine Week
Getting cities back to work
From The Hill
‘Jane Jacobs goals through Robert Moses tactics’
From Reason magazine
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