Cities can fast-track infill housing with pre-approved plans—and they should
Pre-approved housing plans are a pragmatic, cost-effective way to deliver that. Builders get speed and certainty. Residents get homes. Governments ...
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What other cities can learn from New York’s decade of housing regulation
Each initiative was politically popular and framed as a temporary response to economic pressure. Yet taken together, these measures fundamentally ...
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New Resource: Local Policies to Expand Economic Opportunity
The Better Cities Project, in partnership with True Charity, is proud to announce the release of Local Policies to Expand ...
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How cities can make manufactured housing safer
Many municipalities restrict manufactured housing, pushing it into high-risk areas. Revisiting zoning codes and strengthening local installation standards could make ...
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After Grants Pass: what San Francisco’s stricter encampment enforcement means for city leaders
San Francisco is testing how far cities can go on encampment enforcement after last year’s Supreme Court decision in City ...
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