D.C.’s Public Housing Stock Requires $2.2 Billion In Repairs, Housing Authority Says | WAMU
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Low income housing
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D.C. housed the homeless in upscale Sedgwick Gardens apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned. – The Washington Post
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Zoning for equity: raising all boats | Smart Growth America
smartgrowthamerica.org/zoning-for-equity-raising-all-boats/ Zoning for equity: raising all boats Tyler Quinn-SmithMarch 21, 2019 By · Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth, TX, which was developed under form-based standards. Image: Randy Hutcheson. Conventional land use regulations have contributed to a great divide in our country, producing sprawling places that are marked by a stark separation of both uses […]
Slumlords
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The 350 Residential Units and Maritime Services Planned for the Wharf’s Second Phase
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Gentrifying
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Ending homelessness bill in Congress
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Sky-High Rents Are Crushing Working Americans. Who’s Going To Fix It?
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mikekoprowski/sky-high-rents-2020-issue Opinion: The Crushing Cost Of Rent Should Be 2020’s Big Issue Since 1960, renters’ incomes have increased by only 5% while rents have risen 61%. Whoever wants to be president should say how they’ll solve this crisis. Mike Koprowski Kerem Yucel / AFP / Getty Images Cyclists pass a tent city near a housing […]
Huts for the homeless catching on in the Northwest | KOMO
komonews.com/news/local/huts-for-the-homeless-catching-on-in-the-northwest Conestoga Huts for the homeless a solution for the Northwest? A dynamic new approach to homelessness with roots in settling the West: Conestoga Huts. The trend started in Eugene and the supporters are hoping it will spread through the Northwest. “This is our hut,” said Tracy Joscelyn leading a tour of her hut. She […]