Redfin CEO: local zoning is causing high housing costs
Kelman cites restrictive local zoning as the causal factor here: “These laws, supported on the left and right are fiercely defended by well-meaning neighborhood associations that have sometimes started to act as a cartel to limit housing supply and keep prices high […]” He goes on, “It’s these laws, not market forces, that prevent builders […]
How do we make regional housing policy equitable?
How do we make regional housing policy equitable? The answer is in place-based strategies medium.com/@sfccho/how-do-we-make-regional-housing-policy-equitable-467a02813141 From ::: Council of Community Housing Organizations The Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) Leading SF’s affordable housing movement since 1978,fighting for funding & policies to make SF affordable.
Washington Torn Over How to Grow Without ‘Breaking Up a Village’
Washington Torn Over How to Grow Without ‘Breaking Up a Village’ By Eugene L. Meyer, June 5, 2018, NY Times A battle between market forces leading to gentrification and the pushback to maintain affordable housing is playing out in the capital’s neighborhoods. www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/business/washington-real-estate.html
Will Opportunity Zones help distressed residents or be a tax cut for gentrification?
Will Opportunity Zones help distressed residents or be a tax cut for gentrification? Adam Looney, Brookings, February 26, 2018 Adam Looney at the Brookings Institute did a study on the efficacy of Empowerment Zones. . . it is useful to find that a scholar describes them as accelerators of displacement: www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/02/26/will-oppo rtunity-zones-help-distressed-residents-or-be-a-tax-cut-for-gentrification/
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House by Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz and Chris Winters — YES! Magazine
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House by Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz and Chris Winters — YES! Magazine www.yesmagazine.org/issues/affordable-housing/infogra phic-why-normal-people-cant-afford-a-house-20180604
[housingarchive] Housing solutions in Morristown NJ
Non-profit Organization website with great resources www.homelesssolutions.org/about-us/