Articles we found interesting this week:

1. Inclusionary Zoning is Failing Low Income Residents, Expert has a Solution. Via Business Insider.

2. New Orleans reduced its homeless population by 12%.  Here’s how they did it, via Governing.

3. Record Wave of Americans Fled Big Cities for Smaller Ones in 2023, from Bloomberg.

4. Austin’s Housing Boom Leaves Homeless People Behind, via Invisible People.

5. Utah Launches All-Out Push to Build Thousands of new ‘starter homes’ that you Might be able to Afford. From The Salt Lake Tribune.

6. To Expand Transit on the Cheap, Cities Consider Infill Stations, from Bloomberg.

7. How Single-stair Apartments can Actually Improve Fire Safety. Read more from CityBuilder.

8. ‘Sandwich Generation’: How Raleigh Family Built an ADU for their Parents in their Yard. From the News & Observer.

9. The Images that Boost Support for Sustainable Transportation, Bloomberg reports.

10. New Bronx Program is Linking Local Landlords with Homeless New Yorkers, from Gothamist.

Meetings of interest in the week ahead:

Meetings, events and items of interest this week:

1. City Council approved a pilot project to develop a more effective way to address unsheltered homelessness in our community.

2. Mark your calendars-Raleigh will host an affordable housing summit on August 17 at the Convention Center. Click here for details.

City Council meets on May 23.  Here are some of the agenda items to keep an eye on:

The City Manager will release the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024/2025 on May 21.  Council will conduct budget workshops throughout June until the budget is approved prior to July 1, 2024.  The formal public hearing on the budget will be held on June 4 at 7:00 pm.  Those wishing to speak during the public hearing must sign up by 5:00 pm on May 31 using the following link: Public Hearings for City Council.  The budget will be released on May 21 and can be found here.  For more detail about the budget process, click here.

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