What the Twin Cities teach us about how cities should—and shouldn’t—fix housing
St. Paul’s rent control ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent for most units, regardless of turnover or inflation. ...
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St. Paul’s rent control ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent for most units, regardless of turnover or inflation. ...
Read moreDetailsEach initiative was politically popular and framed as a temporary response to economic pressure. Yet taken together, these measures fundamentally ...
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Read moreDetailsTrying to legislate investors out of the market not only won’t solve the problem at hand, it may bring its ...
Read moreDetailsCambridge’s reform directly challenges this pattern by making it easier to build new homes without the burdensome approval processes that ...
Read moreDetailsInstead of driving up rents and pushing people out—an all-too-common fear—the influx of new housing helps to ease financial pressure ...
Read moreDetailsThree new policy recommendations give local leaders tools for reforming their police forces -- without waiting on action from federal ...
Read moreDetailsGray’s background in city planning and subsequent policy research is evident in his command of the history and intricacies of ...
Read moreDetailsIn his 30 years of working in local-government finance, Moses admits that it was years before he very carefully considered ...
Read moreDetailsLast month, we invited you to answer our short survey on how you view housing affordability in your city. Here ...
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