Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

alongside affordable housing and commercial space, and adaptable buildings--in how it discusses the primacy of West Seattle as the anchor of the rock music ecosystem in Seattle. From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?); commitment and time.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I just learned that another place where I lived will be demolished for a new dormitory (" Saying goodbye to Ann Arbor's Marshall Court: Houses to be demolished for new dorm ," Ann Arbor News ). And that's where the local government planning functions have opportunities. DC has plenty of assets.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

What this should mean is that schools should get additional funding, from the local government separate from the school system, or the school system's budget should include support, for these functions. Special Funding. This was a childcare measure among others. Capital City Public Charter School, DC. but it fell off.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

These programs, which are aimed at assisting first-time homebuyers (FTHBs), are primarily run by state and local governments as well as non-profit organizations. In fact, over the ten-year period from 2014 to 2023, it was even lower, averaging just 6.4 The typical FTHB down payment is nowhere near the historic 20 percent level.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

JUNE 5, 2016

The program provides grants to nonprofits and local governments to address community needs in education, public safety, health and the environment. The money pays to support AmeriCorps members and their activities, whether it’s tutoring in an elementary school or building affordable housing in response to a national disaster.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah M. .”

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