2024July
"The high cost of inclusionary housing requirements"
The inherent problem with unfunded IZ is that its cost impedes the production of housing. It’s a preventative tax on housing when what we need for affordability is far more housing.
...More"Why this small affordable housing project in S.F. is costing $1 million per unit"
Years after a fire gutted a small apartment building at 3300 Mission St., San Francisco is planning to rebuild the project as affordable housing.
...More"He lives inside a 230-square-foot earthquake shack — and wouldn’t ask for another inch"
Artist and sign painter Dave Benzler lives and paints inside a teeny home in Bernal Heights with an outsize history.
...More"How Cities Can Use Paris as a Model for Implementing Safer Street Infrastructure"
New York City has some of the world’s worst traffic, wasting its residents’ time, slowing buses, and exposing people to pollution, especially in neighborhoods with many people of color.
...More"In Praise of Randomness"
Cities have always invited us to be constantly on the move. We move around to get to work, go shopping, meet friends, attend a concert, visit an art exhibition, and take advantage of all the many activities that a metropolis offers.
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