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Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's relevant to both strong and weak markets, because even in weak markets, there probably isn't enough housing. Like a lot of Salt Lake west side is mostly single family housing. If you want to support schools, you need more population, and given the housing demographics there, that means multiunit housing.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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2023 Roundup: Federal Policy Developments in Neighborhood Revitalization 

Center for Community Progress

FHA Improvements to the 203(k) Rehab Mortgage Program The 203(k) rehab mortgage program allows a person to buy a house that needs to be rehabbed or modernized by consolidating the finance of the home purchase and cost of rehabilitation through a single mortgage. It also lets homeowners finance the rehabilitation of their existing home. 

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AI Below the Surface

GovLoop

That incident led to the evacuation of 23 homes and the condemnation of several houses. The sewer drones, outfitted with LED lights and protective cages, carry high-definition video cameras through large interceptor drains that collect and remove water from the soil.

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May is National Historic Preservation Month

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've never attended, but always wanted to, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Tour in Oak Park, Illinois. It's already sold out, Wright Plus, May 20th.

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Buckhead District of Atlanta looks to secede from Atlanta

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Definitely counter to my call for cities and counties to merge, to create bigger, more viable polities. The House may oppose, but unlikely. It accounts for 38% of the city's tax revenue. So its leaving would cripple the city economically. It's being pushed by the State Legislature, especially the Senate.