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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
7 Threats and 7 Solutions in Southern Florida’s Fight Against …
Apr 22, 2020 · The threat: Saltwater from sea level rise is seeping further inland through Florida’s porous limestone bedrock and contaminating underground freshwater supplies, notably in the Biscayne aquifer, the 4,000-sq mile shallow limestone basin that provides drinking water to millions in southern Florida. Years of over pumping and toxic runoff from ...
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 …
How Street Vendors Finally Made Street Food Legal in California
Oct 4, 2022 · Los Angeles City Council did finally pass a motion to legalize and regulate street vendors in April 2018. Before it could be implemented, in September 2018, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, sponsored by then-State Sen. Ricardo Lara. Ricardo Lara holds Caridad Vazquez shoulders as she talks.
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 Nashville Is Still America’s Music City - Next City
Dec 1, 2014 · No one makes money in music anymore. In a time when the song of the summer (hello “All About That Bass”) can be yours on repeat for 99 cents and an entire album saved to your record cabinet in the cloud for just a few bucks more, the chorus is as familiar as the latest Beyonce tune in most of the United States. But in Nashville, a different trend has taken shape, one that has the city and ...
An Unusual Community Land Trust in Colorado Is Making Its Mark
Aug 10, 2021 · The land trust has sold more than 60 homes since inception in 2017. Elevation Community Land Trust’s goal is to acquire or develop and sell 1,000 homes in Colorado by 2027. In early July, the land trust closed on another acquisition, pushing its portfolio to around 300 homes — nearly half of them in Denver, and the rest scattered across ...