Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Most people probably think of it as speed bumps, but there are many different treatments.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

"), 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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. DC's core is comprised of rowhouses and apartment buildings, while the outer city is a mix of attached and detached single family housing and clusters of apartments, especially on arterials. U Street NW.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care. It's not a matter of not knowing what to do, but how to get support and to pay for it. gentrification crisis?

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2024 has been a tumultuous year: More than half the worlds population went to the ballot box some voting for radical change extraordinary weather events have devastated communities and countries have been rocked by continued violent conflict.

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