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A Series of Articles about the MBTA Communities Zoning Law
Documentos de trabajoDiciembre 2022Amy DainIn 2021, the Massachusetts state legislature adopted the MBTA Communities zoning law requiring municipalities served by Greater Boston’s public transit agency, the MBTA, (with the exception of...
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Building Equity
Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies for Weak MarketsDocumentos de trabajoOctubre 2022Erica Spaid Patras, Maria Walliser-Wejebe, and Alison GoebelLocal public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit changemakers have joined a growing national call to increase equitable outcomes for people of color and low-income residents. The need to improve...
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Understanding the Spatial Impact of COVID-19
New Insights from Beijing after One Year into Post-Lockdown RecoveryDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2022Ling Li and Li WanThis paper studies the spatial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of intra-city population and housing rent changes in Beijing, China. Drawing on multiple geospatial data sets, we find...
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Inclusionary Zoning in New York and Paris
Trojan Horse or Antidote to Gentrification?Documentos de trabajoJunio 2022Lance Freeman and Magda Maaoui
With research assistance from Xiyu Chen and Yining LeiThis study addresses the question of whether inclusionary zoning impacts disadvantaged neighborhoods by serving as a signal for an up-and-coming neighborhood, thereby triggering gentrification. We...
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Moving towards an Inclusive Housing Policy?
Migrants’ Access to Subsidized Housing in Urban ChinaDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2022Youqin Huang and Jianyu RenChina is rapidly urbanizing with hundreds of millions of migrants leaving villages for cities. Due to the discriminatory Household Registration (Hukou) System, migrants have been denied urban welfare...
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Determinantes del crecimiento de viviendas en alquiler en asentamientos informales de Lima (1993- 2017)
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2022Anderson García Cristóbal, Fabiola Moreno Jaime and José Luis Galindo ChillcceEl presente estudio es una aproximación cuantitativa al submercado de alquileres en asentamientos informales de Lima. Se muestra cómo en el período intercensal 2007-2017 las...
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The 38th and Blake Incentive Overlay
How Denver Used Land Value Capture to Create Affordable Housing in a Redeveloping, Transit-Oriented NeighborhoodDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2022Kathleen McCormickThis case study tells the story of a land value capture policy implemented by the City and County of Denver, Colorado in 2017–2018 in the in the River North (RiNo, pronounced “rhino...
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Demographic Forecasting by Race and Ethnicity
‘Segregation Scenarios’ and Environmental Justice AnalysesDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Sarah Philbrick, Leonardo Torres, and Tim ReardonRacial segregation is a stubborn and enduring facet of America’s residential landscape, an intentional product of policies and investments that produces disparate negative impacts and outcomes...
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Accessory Dwelling Units and Beyond
How Can Cities Overcome Barriers to Increasing Zoning Capacity in Single-Family Neighborhoods?Documentos de trabajoEnero 2022Vinit Mukhija and Shine LingSecondary units on single-family-zoned lots, formally known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and more commonly as granny flats, garage apartments, and backyard cottages, help increase housing...
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Tracking Neighborhood Change in Geographies of Opportunity for Post-Disaster Legacy Cities
A Case Study of San Juan, Puerto RicoDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Deepak Lamba-Nieves, and Enrique A. FigueroaWhile legacy cities have had a long struggle with deindustrialization, population loss, fiscal constraints and economic decay, many will likely need to address compounding stressors stemming from...