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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED. Behind the headline are a host of issues that both foster hope in how to address affordable housing needs and the realization of the many steps it may take to get there. Manufactured homes are a statewide feature of North Carolina – we have more than almost any other state.

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Winter snow clearance in the Walking City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I used to write yearly about this, focusing on how the sustainable mobility centric city needs snow removal policies that co-equally privilege walking, biking and transit users, not just the motor vehicle parts of roads.

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Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

Reprogramming the City

It is the winning entry of the “ Arches Challenge Competition ”, launched In 2017 by Meanwhile Space and supported by Lambeth Council and the Mayor of London. The project’s value lies in its nomadic, temporary and sustainable approach. Behind the Blue Doors: Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. The Drury students came up with the idea for the House of Art(s). Art House Baltimore is the name of the project.It By agenda I mean the set of challenges which policy makers accord priority.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. sustainable mobility. Or some housing on top of retail. In general, people don't want schools to be bad.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

With a critical eye toward the creation and perpetuation of racial disparities, the article examines four categories of policy responses: addressing root causes, preventing homelessness, providing services, and facilitating sustained exits from homelessness, which this post, too, will examine in turn. 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ).

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How AWS can enable the Government of Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy

AWS Public Sector Blog

Just as a shaky foundation undermines even the sturdiest house, flawed data diminishes the value of the most advanced algorithms. AWS cloud computing has helped train 200,000 Canadians in technical skills since 2017. A new $100,000 AWS community grant fund launched in 2023 supports Calgary sustainability initiatives.