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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”

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From BTMFBA to "community right to buy"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The new right to buy legislation can help shift the balance of power in less well-off areas, where local development has too often meant more betting shops or fast food outlets. But Labours overall communities strategy needs to be considerably fleshed out if its impact is to be transformative.

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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I mean, it's not like the arguing that is typical between the Executive and Legislative branches, this is an intra-government tiff. Flickr photo. The Washington Post reports (" D.C. This is very interesting because it's one department of the city arguing with another department, both within the executive branch.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

While restrictive zoning is not the only reason housing costs are high in the United States, it does play a major role in limiting housing development, especially in parts of the country with high paying jobs in fast-growing industries. The first reform they looked at led to increased housing production targets for regions across the state.

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