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Climate and Health Equity
Resilience District Concept Gathers Momentum in Seattle
By Emma Zehner
April 2021, English
Residents of the Duwamish Valley, a section of Seattle perched just south of downtown, face an array of environmental challenges, health disparities, and racial inequities. Saddled with a legacy of pollution from the heavy industry and highways nearby, they now face increasing flood risks due to climate change and concerns about displacement and affordability. […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Housing
April 2021, English
Residents of the Duwamish Valley, a section of Seattle perched just south of downtown, face an array of environmental challenges, health disparities, and racial inequities. Saddled with a legacy of pollution from the heavy industry and highways nearby, they now face increasing flood risks due to climate change and concerns about displacement and affordability. […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Housing
Duty to Serve
Early Lessons Learned in Underserved Housing Markets
By Jim Gray and George W. McCarthy
April 2021, English
Policy Brief
Housing, Poverty and Inequality
April 2021, English
Policy Brief
Housing, Poverty and Inequality
Duty to Serve
The Purpose of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Early Lessons Learned in Underserved Housing Markets
By Jim Gray and George W. McCarthy
April 2021, English
Working Paper
Housing, Land Markets
April 2021, English
Working Paper
Housing, Land Markets
Land Matters Podcast
Season 2, Episode 4: Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui on Fast-tracking Affordability
April 2021, English
Home to global tech companies and a record number of millionaires, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been hard at work trying to make the city more accessible for all. One zoning measure, passed last fall, is attracting attention nationwide–an affordable housing overlay that awards extra height and density and includes a streamlined permitting process for below […]
Housing, Land Use and Zoning
April 2021, English
Home to global tech companies and a record number of millionaires, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been hard at work trying to make the city more accessible for all. One zoning measure, passed last fall, is attracting attention nationwide–an affordable housing overlay that awards extra height and density and includes a streamlined permitting process for below […]
Housing, Land Use and Zoning
Fact Sheet: U.S. Local Government Finance Tools
April 2021, English
Other Publications
Public Finance
April 2021, English
Other Publications
Public Finance
Property Tax Trends 2020–2021
Catherine Collins
April 2021, English
This report provides an overview of current trends in the property tax, including updates on property tax actions taken by states and local governments in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Other Publications
Local Government, Property Tax
April 2021, English
This report provides an overview of current trends in the property tax, including updates on property tax actions taken by states and local governments in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Other Publications
Local Government, Property Tax
Race and Rezoning
Louisville Designs a More Equitable Future by Confronting the Past
By Liz Farmer
April 2021, English
In 2017, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, analyzed the average life expectancy of its residents. Those in the more affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods in the eastern section of the city lived longest, the city found, with an average life expectancy of 79 to 83 years. In West Louisville—a historically disinvested area with a predominantly […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality
April 2021, English
In 2017, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, analyzed the average life expectancy of its residents. Those in the more affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods in the eastern section of the city lived longest, the city found, with an average life expectancy of 79 to 83 years. In West Louisville—a historically disinvested area with a predominantly […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality
Standing Tall
Forestry Practices on Lands Conserved by Selected New England Land Trusts
Jane Difley
April 2021, English
Working Paper
Environment, Land Conservation
April 2021, English
Working Paper
Environment, Land Conservation
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