February 26: What we’re reading this week
Some articles we found interesting this week:
The Housing Shortage Affects Everything, via The Atlantic.
Participatory budgeting is about to Blow Up Across the Country (including among NC local governments). Read more here.
The Rise of the Millionaire Renters, via Bloomberg.
Here is an article exploring why using a Housing Choice Voucher (formerly Section 8) is so difficult across the Country, from The New York Times.
In Montgomery, MD, a local elected official proposed legislation that requires the local government to consider building affordable housing every time it develops or redevelops publicly-owned property, via Yahoo News. Here is an article about such a redevelopment: An Artful Compromise over Density and Housing (for redeveloping a former fire station), from Bloomberg.
This article raises an interesting economic impact issue of remote work. Cities will need to learn how to adapt by encouraging more residential development in downtowns: Remote Work is Costing Manhattan $12.6 Billion per Year, from Bloomberg.
Washington DC to Provide Tax Abatements for Conversions to Residential Properties. Read more.
City Council Continues its reimagining of its Community Engagement Program, from IndyWeek.
Here is an essay from The Atlantic exploring how the push for electric vehicles further exposes income inequality across the country: The Inconvenient Truth about Electric Vehicles.
A Highway that Does not Exist is Strangling a Black Neighborhood, from Bloomberg.
Many housing advocates tend to support inclusionary zoning without taking into consideration its modest impacts in communities where it has been implemented. Here is an opinion piece by Harvard researchers about a recent study examining the issue: The problem with using inclusionary zoning to build affordable housing. Read it in the Boston Globe. The complete study can be found on the RaleighForward site here.
When Suburbs go to War with Transit, via Bloomberg.
The Economic Resilience of Walkable Communities, via Bloomberg.