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All These Stories About People Fleeing Cities Are Total Nonsense

Read the full article here … “The narrative persists, but supporting evidence is weak at best.” … Read the full article here

Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia

Read the full article … “We’re trying to ask ourselves: in process of ideation, how can we work with people to create a level of authorship and co-production, so it’s not just us imposing this project on them?” … Read…

Overcrowded housing is contributing to coronavirus spread in Ventura County

Read the full article … “Out of the 2,926 coronavirus cases the county reported Tuesday, slightly over 50 percent were from a household with two or more positive cases, according to county spokesperson Ashley Bautista. Of those cases, 15 percent…

Local Cities Should Support Affordable Housing Owners

Read the full article … “The Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC LA) has created a toolkit for local cities with the following solutions they can deploy to help ease the burdens faced by affordable housing owners and preserve…

Beyond nursing homes

Read the full article … “Why it matters: Deaths in nursing homes and residential care facilities account for 45% of COVID-19 related deaths, per the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity — but there are few other viable housing options…

Connecticut has an opportunity to tackle housing segregation. It appears to be taking a pass.

Read the full article … “Despite its liberal reputation — and Democrats controlling the legislature for the last 23 years and the governor’s mansion for nine — Connecticut is one of the most segregated places in the country. And with…

Zoning and Race: If Black Lives Matter, then City Zoning Laws Must Change

Read the full article … “Despite turning out in large numbers in public demonstrations to proclaim that Black Lives Matter, many white people seem less willing to make Black neighbors welcome. The battleground is towns that, as one picket sign…

New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect

Read the full article … “Shenanigans to sidestep CEQA won’t stop, but the focus will shift from the current practice of mitigating congestion by building wider, faster roads – thus encouraging more driving and indeed ensuring it is the only…

Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis

Read the full article … “Two white homeowners threatened the lives of Black Lives Mater protestors in on a private street in St. Louis yesterday, raising questions about anti-Black racism in pseudo-public space.” … Read the full article