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Charting Progress
PolicyMap Democratizes Data Analysis
October 2015, English
Housing costs are spiraling upward in many areas throughout the United States, cutting down on the ability of Americans to save and leading to the gentrification of formerly affordable neighborhoods. However, as with many public policy challenges, it is not always immediately apparent where problems are the most acute. This became clear to Helen Campbell, […]
October 2015, English
Housing costs are spiraling upward in many areas throughout the United States, cutting down on the ability of Americans to save and leading to the gentrification of formerly affordable neighborhoods. However, as with many public policy challenges, it is not always immediately apparent where problems are the most acute. This became clear to Helen Campbell, […]
Back to the Future
The Working Cities Challenge Helps MA Cities Rebuild on Industrial Pasts
October 2015, English
Holyoke, a city of about 40,000 in western Massachusetts, was one of the nation’s first planned industrial communities. Beginning in the late 1840s, Boston investors transformed what had been a farming area into a mill town, taking advantage of its location along the Connecticut River. The investors wanted to manufacture cotton textiles. But over time […]
October 2015, English
Holyoke, a city of about 40,000 in western Massachusetts, was one of the nation’s first planned industrial communities. Beginning in the late 1840s, Boston investors transformed what had been a farming area into a mill town, taking advantage of its location along the Connecticut River. The investors wanted to manufacture cotton textiles. But over time […]
The Super Ditch
Can Water Become a Cash Crop in the West?
October 2015, English
Peter Nichols is an avid outdoorsman and one of Colorado’s leading water law attorneys. It’s not uncommon to see him enter the lobby of his Boulder office at Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti—a room with stone, hardwoods, and a sharp-dressed receptionist—in wrinkled attorney attire and a pair of worn river sandals. By his own reckoning, […]
October 2015, English
Peter Nichols is an avid outdoorsman and one of Colorado’s leading water law attorneys. It’s not uncommon to see him enter the lobby of his Boulder office at Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti—a room with stone, hardwoods, and a sharp-dressed receptionist—in wrinkled attorney attire and a pair of worn river sandals. By his own reckoning, […]
De estigma a solución
La evolución de las casas prefabricadas
July 2015, Spanish
Liz Wood quería comprar una casa. Corría el año 2006, había estado alquilando por una década y sus pagos mensuales le estaban resultando muy altos. Tenía 43 años de edad y un empleo estable como educadora familiar en el que ganaba US$34.000 al año más beneficios. No quería nada lujoso; simplemente un lugar donde pudiera […]
July 2015, Spanish
Liz Wood quería comprar una casa. Corría el año 2006, había estado alquilando por una década y sus pagos mensuales le estaban resultando muy altos. Tenía 43 años de edad y un empleo estable como educadora familiar en el que ganaba US$34.000 al año más beneficios. No quería nada lujoso; simplemente un lugar donde pudiera […]
Fideicomisos de suelo comunitario que crecen desde la base
Los organizadores comunitarios se convierten en emprendedores inmobiliarios
July 2015, Spanish
A medida que crece el interés por vivir en las ciudades, el costo de las propiedades residenciales en muchos mercados de moda se ha ido por las nubes. Según el Centro Conjunto para Estudios de la Vivienda (Joint Center for Housing Studies o JCHS, 2015), en 2014 la tasa de viviendas vacantes en el mercado […]
July 2015, Spanish
A medida que crece el interés por vivir en las ciudades, el costo de las propiedades residenciales en muchos mercados de moda se ha ido por las nubes. Según el Centro Conjunto para Estudios de la Vivienda (Joint Center for Housing Studies o JCHS, 2015), en 2014 la tasa de viviendas vacantes en el mercado […]
Community Land Trusts Grown from Grassroots
Neighborhood Organizers Become Housing Developers
July 2015, English
As interest in urban living grows, the cost of residential real estate in many hot markets is skyrocketing. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS 2015), in 2014 rental vacancy rates hit their lowest point in two decades; rents rose in 91 out of 93 metropolitan areas studied; and the consumer price index […]
July 2015, English
As interest in urban living grows, the cost of residential real estate in many hot markets is skyrocketing. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS 2015), in 2014 rental vacancy rates hit their lowest point in two decades; rents rose in 91 out of 93 metropolitan areas studied; and the consumer price index […]
From Stigma to Housing Fix
The Evolution of Manufactured Homes
July 2015, English
Liz Wood wanted to buy a house. It was 2006, she had been renting for A decade, and her monthly payments were getting high. She was 43 and steadily employed, earning $34,000 annually plus benefits as a family educator. She didn’t want anything fancy, just a place where she could “gather love and bring stability.” […]
July 2015, English
Liz Wood wanted to buy a house. It was 2006, she had been renting for A decade, and her monthly payments were getting high. She was 43 and steadily employed, earning $34,000 annually plus benefits as a family educator. She didn’t want anything fancy, just a place where she could “gather love and bring stability.” […]
Perfil académico
Cynthia Goytia
July 2015, Spanish
El impacto de las regulaciones del uso del suelo en América Latina Cynthia Goytia es profesora en los programas de posgrado en economía urbana y políticas públicas de la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Es directora de los dos programas de maestría en economía urbana de la UTDT y del Centro […]
July 2015, Spanish
El impacto de las regulaciones del uso del suelo en América Latina Cynthia Goytia es profesora en los programas de posgrado en economía urbana y políticas públicas de la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Es directora de los dos programas de maestría en economía urbana de la UTDT y del Centro […]
