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Affordable housing
New Reno development highlights the city's affordable housing shortage
by
Bert Johnson
Feb 14, 2022
The high-end project is clearing motels that provide an informal safety net for low-income renters. Officials say the motels are rife with code violations.
In addressing the housing shortage, we might need to rethink the way housing policy works
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
Feb 10, 2022
A new book by Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sheds light on possible solutions.
As more workers stay remote, developers eye the prospects of turning empty offices into housing
by
David Wagner
Feb 2, 2022
In Los Angeles, where there's a housing crisis, the pandemic has some looking at the "adaptive reuse" of under-used office buildings.
Doing the numbers on affordable, carbon-neutral housing
by
Matt Hoisch
Jan 10, 2022
A Colorado community is building affordable housing that uses solar power to offset its carbon emissions, thanks to its location.
Hurricane Ida flooded their basement apartment. Months later, they've barely begun to recover.
Nov 9, 2021
Many New York basement apartments flooded in September. Most of the hardest-hit residents were low-income, and most were immigrants.
Housing advocates fight to maintain place in social-spending bill
by
Amy Scott
Oct 25, 2021
Advocates had high hopes for the $320 billion initially included for housing, but the plan’s funding is being cut during negotiations.
California wants to make it easier to turn empty malls into affordable housing
by
Matt Levin
Jun 2, 2021
But cities, who don't want to give up sales tax revenue, and stores may not be quick to give up mall space.
For public good, not for profit.
In Chicago, affordable housing development has bypassed wealthier neighborhoods
Apr 19, 2021
Most tax credits from a program encouraging developers to build or renovate affordable units went to majority-Black neighborhoods.
Biden acts on evictions, foreclosures, but long-term housing crisis looms
by
Amy Scott
Jan 25, 2021
But how much can the federal government do about affordability?
The pandemic poses challenges and new opportunities for city planning
Nov 27, 2020
New ways of urban living could emerge as the pandemic changes how people gather and move about cities.