November 6: What we’re reading
Some articles we found interesting this week:
1. Here is an interesting resource on “Tree Equity” scores for Raleigh developed by the nonprofit American Forests. The map shows how tree canopy (or lack thereof) often correlates with race and poverty, via Tree Equity Score.
2. Have the YIMBYs Evolved? Via ShelterForce.
3. Here is a recent post on Raleigh’s Missing Middle by RaleighForward’s newest Advisory Board member, Phil Veasley that appeared in Southern Urbanism.
4. What is Civic Engagement? Plus, 50 Ways to be More Civically Engaged in Your Community, via Parade.
5. The ‘Missing Middle’ in American Life: Can We Get It Back? Via Governing.
6. While doing some research about Raleigh, I came across this interesting 2012 article about the history of Raleigh’s mid-century modern architecture: “Getting the American Dream for Themselves. Post War Modern Subdivisions for African Americans in Raleigh, NC”
7. Research Roundup: The Effect of Market-Rate Development on Neighborhood Rents, via Parade.
8. While this article is primarily about a battle to save a small patch of land from development due to an airport expansion, it makes the larger point about the importance of preserving small habitat areas. These areas are important for preserving animals, plants, not to mention the health of the humans that live nearby. Via Vox.
9. This CityLab article explores issues surrounding why US traffic safety is worsening while it is improving in other countries across the globe, via Bloomberg.
10. This Bloomberg article discusses the worsening appraisal gap between white neighborhoods and neighborhoods of color, via Bloomberg.
11. This is an interesting series by CityLab exploring how home designs have shaped cities around the world: “The Urban History of Home Designs Around the World,” via Bloomberg.
12. The Brooklyn Condominium that’s Reinventing Outdoor Common Space, via Bloomberg.
13. Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis Requires Expanding Rental Assistance and Adding Housing Units, via CBPP.
14. Possible funding sources for affordable housing, via National Housing Conference.