Posts tagged Housing Supply
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Breakfast links: Big bike beginnings
Trails tie the knot; Bike more in Baltimore; United for DC United; 404: Operator not found; 10 over 400; Germany’s better housing model; US not invested in movement; And…. Keep reading…
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Public housing, explained
Public housing has long been a tool for governments to create and preserve affordable shelter, but many public housing complexes today are under threat. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Metro, just without the Metro
Metro considering huge closures; Bring back BRT; Criminal justice changing in DC; September house hunting; Seed money; Closing the 7000 gap; Clueless about race and cities; Is the Mall broke?; Transit truths; And…. Keep reading…
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How strict land-use rules keep poor people in Mississippi
For much of the 20th century, the US labor market presented unrivaled opportunity for low-income workers to move to greener economic pastures. If the economy sucked in Oklahoma, Colorado, or Mississippi, you could move to California, Connecticut, or New York. Though certain barriers to moving, like racial discrimination, have since lessened, new ones have risen to block low-income… Keep reading…
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Some Silver Spring residents want a park instead of affordable housing
Montgomery County wants to turn the former Silver Spring library into affordable housing. Now neighbors are circulating a petition to make it a park instead, even though there’s already a park next door. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Legalize Main Street!
Return of the Main Street; Setback and slowdown; Zoning czar; Eyes on Metro; Pulling the trigger; Parking red alert; More affordable housing in DC; And…. Keep reading…
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The Obama administration says zoning is at the heart of some huge economic problems
The Obama administration wants to talk zoning. According to a paper it put out this morning, laws that restrict new development and require new buildings to come with new parking, along with slow permitting processes and arbitrary preservation regulations, create barriers to opportunity for working families. Keep reading…
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Zoning: The hidden trillion dollar tax
Zoning in cities like DC is starting to get expensive. Maybe trillions of dollars too expensive. Economists Enrico Moretti and Chang-Tai Hsieh find that if we lowered restrictions that keep people from building new housing in just three cities (New York, San Jose, and San Francisco) to the level of the median American city, US GDP would have been 9.7% higher in 2009— about… Keep reading…
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This graph shows which parts of our region are walkable, affordable, and equitable
The Washington region is blessed with many walkable places. But with more and more people hoping to live and work in them, some are more affordable and accessible to a wide variety of people than others. A nifty analysis from GWU looks at which walkable areas in the region are the most affordable and equitable over a wide variety of factors. Keep reading…
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How can we know if DC is building enough housing?
DC could reach almost a million people in 30 years. What does that mean for the amount of housing DC needs? Or the amount you might pay to rent or buy a place to live? Current population forecasts still don’t answer a few key questions that have to be answered to plan for the future. Keep reading…