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Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
Mar 28, 2024 · While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States—more than 40 percent—could be owned by corporate investors. According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) the estimate of 1.6 million housing units ...
History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
1964. The term “gentrification” is coined by Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class – upper and lower …. Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the working class occupiers are displaced and the whole social ...
There Are 10,000 Cities on Planet Earth. Half Didn’t Exist 40 Years …
Feb 12, 2020 · Groundbreaking new mapping research released this week at World Urban Forum 10 concludes that there are around 10,000 cities worldwide — and as many followed Shenzhen’s trajectory as they did Rome’s. That startling fact is thanks to a four-year effort from the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
Jun 30, 2020 · Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to affordable housing developers ...
The Making Of Co-op City, America’s Biggest Housing Co-op
Oct 20, 2022 · The United Housing Foundation builds Co-op City; it’s their largest project and it’s their final project using [Mitchell-Lama] funding from New York State. Co-op City is first occupied in the late ’60s but prices wind up rising, and by the …
Housing in Brief: What is Social Housing? - Next City
Feb 21, 2020 · Typical affordable-housing programs in the U.S. may seek to achieve some of those goals, the report says, but social housing means building and maintaining housing in the public interest, and insulating it from market forces that incentivize speculation. “A major commitment to social housing is a long-term goal that requires a re-definition ...
Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 - Next City
Jul 20, 2020 · Any argument in favor of lowering the voting age starts with the fact that 16- and 17-year-olds are already seen as adults in several official ways. Currently 14 states and the District of Columbia let teens pre-register to vote at 16, while an additional nine states have opened pre-registration to 17-year-olds.
Urbanist News - Top Stories and In-Depth Features from Next City
Urbanist News. Next City goes beyond pithy headlines and sound bites, publishing original, in-depth features on urbanist news issues critical to our shared future. Our daily stories and in-depth feature articles, written by journalists from around the globe, span a wide range of topics, from transportation and infrastructure, to affordable ...
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
Sep 1, 2022 · Now they can analyze where success stories are real. In this episode of the podcast, Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talks with correspondent Gregory Scruggs about his reporting on a count that puts the world’s total number of cities at 10,000. Plus, we delve into his coverage of how new satellite imagery makes understanding ...