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With two relatively small caveats, this Monica Potts profile of the homeless of the Silicon Valley is outstanding. A majority of the homeless population in Palo Alto—93 percent—ends up sleeping outside or in their cars. In part, that’s because Palo Alto, a technology boomtown that...

Urban Renewal

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On October 16, 2015

I'm not sure how many museum exhibits have dealt with the disaster that is urban renewal honestly, especially in the affected neighborhood. So I really want to see this exhibit..

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Public Housing: Myth and Reality

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On September 24, 2015
If there's one program conservatives and even most liberals see as indicative of a government disaster, it's public housing. There's a kernel of truth there because a lot of public housing projects did turn out badly, with endemic poverty, crime, and a lack of maintenance...

Solar Suburbs

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On September 24, 2015

Visions of rethinking suburbs to be green-friendly abound: These examples point to the potential of what some are calling “solar suburbs.” The concept is a sweeping one—solar panels cover roofs,.

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Flipping Houses

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On June 2, 2015
The expansion of extreme house flipping and rapidly rising housing prices to cities like Pittsburgh is not a positive development for those of us who value affordable and diverse cities with stable growth. Unfortunately, smaller scale versions of what has happened to New York and...

Rent Control

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On April 3, 2015

The usual discussion among people interested in cities is that rent control doesn't work. I don't know the literature enough to have a strong opinion on the matter. But I.

Rent

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On April 18, 2014

Now that the plutocrats are creating a new bubble based upon exploiting renters, the price to rent has exploded, with renters spending 19% more of their income to put a.

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