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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

“Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. But after the reforms were passed, the next planning cycle in 2021 saw the total jump to 2.5 Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect. million units.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

"), and that often means suburban locations where adjacent land is more easily acquired and controlled by the team, it was announced that Monumental Sports is negotiating with Virginia for a Potomac Yards location (" Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia ," Washington Post ). Flickr photo by Ken Lund.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is an annual civic holiday on which the nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. million Americans have registered to vote on the holiday. Read on to learn more about how organizations use AWS to make it simple to register to vote.

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Getty Images, 2021. Photo: Alamy. Reckless driving.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," (2021) -- " St. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," (2021) -- " Revisiting St. Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program? Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program?

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BTMFBA: London edition

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Starting in 2019, it aimed to get 1,000 spaces, recognizing that there is demand for 14,000 such spaces across the city. Sydneys proposed Creative Land Trust is closely modelled on the same-name scheme launched by the City of London in 2019 to fix its acute shortage of rehearsal and studio spaces. is in a new build residential complex.

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The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, a June 2021 Supreme Court ruling changed this structure by making the FHFA subject to the control of the presidential administration, i.e., ending its independence. 8] Instead, since 2019, proponents of conservatorship exit have shifted their focus almost exclusively to doing so by administrative means as the most practical method.