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网页Reckoning With Root Shock: How Understanding Urban Renewal Prepares Us for This Moment. October 23, 2024 – October 23, 2024 1:00pm – 2:00pm EASTERN. In honor of its 20th anniversary, this webinar will revisit Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s book Root Shock to reckon with the past and reimagine how to support communities facing displacement today.
Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality ...
网页2024年8月15日 — Meanwhile, costs to build housing have increased nearly 29% since 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders, an industry trade group. The expense to develop affordable housing has risen alongside this general increase. Affordable housing development can cost from $100,000 to $750,000 per …
History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
网页1964. The term “gentrification” is coined by Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class – upper and lower …. Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the working class occupiers are displaced and the whole social ...
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
网页2020年6月30日 — Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to …
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
网页2022年9月1日 — Now they can analyze where success stories are real. In this episode of the podcast, Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talks with correspondent Gregory Scruggs about his reporting on a count that puts the world’s total number of cities at 10,000. Plus, we delve into his coverage of how new satellite imagery makes understanding ...
Who Will Pay America’s $1.5 Billion Recycling Bill? - Next City
网页2015年2月9日 — A small group of environmental advocates, though, has been pushing hard for a different model, one already popular in Europe. This model of “extended producer responsibility,” or EPR, would shift the costs of recycling from municipal governments onto producers — the companies that make the products we buy.Packaging, after all — the paper, plastic and metal that contains our food and ...
The Making Of Co-op City, America’s Biggest Housing Co-op
网页2022年10月20日 — The United Housing Foundation builds Co-op City; it’s their largest project and it’s their final project using [Mitchell-Lama] funding from New York State. Co-op City is first occupied in the late ’60s but prices wind up rising, and by the mid-1970s, they have what they called a rent strike.
Kansas City’s Zero Fare Transit Program Shows Major Success
网页2022年7月27日 — Indeed, the total number of incidents where supervisors were called fell 39% in the first year of full Zero Fare transit, according to a 2021 Zero Fare impact analysis by the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), the Kansas City area’s metropolitan planning organization. Incidents per 100,000 riders fell 17%.
Inside 5 Tools Cities Can Use to Pay for Infrastructure - Next City
网页2016年5月19日 — Cities in 26 states are authorized to use them, and that happens in 21. In 17 of those states, revenue can be dedicated to roads; in three states it can be used for transit, and in eight states it can be used for general funds or a combination. In North Carolina, for example, the fee can be up to $30, with $5 for general purposes, $5 for public ...
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网页2024年9月17日 — Posted - August 22, 2024. Apply Now Save job. Associate Planner. Fair Share Housing Center Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Hybrid) Job Title: Associate Planner Salary: $65,000-$70,000/yr Reports to: Managing Director of Operations & Senior Planner Benefits Include: Employer-Paid Medical & Dental Insurance, Vacation/Si...