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1. Climate and Housing Crisis

   A Research Agenda for Urban Communities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2021
   Michael P. Johnson, Patricio Belloy, Heather MacLean, and Sajani Kandel

   Housing unaffordability and climate change adversely affect the lives of Boston area residents. These crises are amplified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are especially salient for low- and...

2. Plus ça Change

   Three Decades of Fiscal Policy and Central-Local Relations in China
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Christine Wong

   In China’s decentralised fiscal system, since virtually all vital public services (education, healthcare, social welfare) are provided by local governments, a well-functioning intergovernmental...

3. Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

   Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...

4. The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...

5. Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Cassie Pettit and Sagar Shah

   This report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...

6. Providing Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Larissa Larsen and Kumelachew Yeshitela

   The City Administration of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has engaged in an extensive public effort to build owner-occupied housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents. By comparing the...

7. Opportunity Clusters

   The Twin Cities Case Study
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Andrew Guthrie, Yingling Fan, and Greg Lindsey

   Minnesota’s Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA), which includes Minneapolis and Saint Paul, presents a confounding example of overall regional prosperity marred by racial disparities in income...

8. Social Equity Policies and Spatial Development

   The Case of Lisbon’s Subway Expansion Projects (1998-2018)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   João Rafael Santos, David Vale, and Fernando Nunes da Silva

   Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is a city and distinct municipality with 545,000 inhabitants at the center of a metropolitan area, home to 2,810,000 inhabitants (2011 Census). Its position at the...

9. Addressing Inequality through Bold Spatial Interventions

   The Case of the Corridors of Freedom in Johannesburg, South Africa
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Philip Harrison, PhD and Margot Rubin, PhD

   In 2016, UN Habitat ranked Johannesburg the most unequal large city in the world. Although extreme in international terms, and particular for its apartheid history, experiences from Johannesburg...

10. Santiago de Chile

    Breaking through Urban and Social Inequality with Inclusionary Housing
    Documentos de trabajo
    Mayo 2021
    Isabel Brain and Francisco Sabatini

    Chile’s housing policy has efficiently addressed the housing needs of the country’s most vulnerable populations; today, its housing deficit is the lowest in Latin America. The downside of...