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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How New Rochelle rewrote the housing playbook to keep rents in check
New Rochelle has completed more than 4,500 units in the past decade, with another 6,500 planned—a potential 37 percent increase ...
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Streamlining permits to solve housing shortages
WiIn a region already facing a staggering shortfall of more than half a million homes, the authors lay bare how ...
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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 ...
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Zoning’s arbitrary lines
On October 25, Nolan Gray of CaliforniaYIMBY addressed an audience at the Kansas City Library on housing and zoning policy as ...
Read moreDetailsBCP and Dole Institute of Politics video: Effective housing policy
Local policies have restricted the development of new housing stock and as a result, housing prices have skyrocketed.
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‘Jane Jacobs goals through Robert Moses tactics’
From Reason magazine
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From Los Angeles to Washington, DC, ‘road diets’ threaten local businesses
Efforts to promote bike lanes can leave some businesses struggling. Now, some citizens are pushing back.
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How an old zoning concept creates real bottlenecks today
Haven't heard of as-of-right zoning? You're not alone. But in most cities, it's the guiding hand for virtually all development. ...
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