Topic: affordable housing
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Urban Wonk
In Renton, a Model for Green Revitalization
An exemplary development with first-class green infrastructure and mixed-income housing.
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Argument of the Day: Want Affordable Housing? Look to the Zoning Code
Activists should think beyond public subsidies.
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Olympic Watch
London's Newest Export: The Poor?
The Olympics promised a fresh start for deprived East London. But they may end up forcing the poor out.
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Urban Wonk
Affordable Housing Veterans Actually Want to Live In
A new, green housing project in Milwaukee offers veterans access to job training, a fitness center, and free high-speed internet.
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Urban Wonk
How More Expensive Housing Can Actually Cost You Less
An expansive new database could change the way Americans think about where we can afford to live.
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Maps
The American Worker's Housing Affordability Crisis
Nearly a quarter of working households spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing.
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The Most and Least Affordable Housing in America
A new report blames land use restrictions for driving up prices, but there's much more to it than that
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Urban Wonk
Galveston's Post-Hurricane Clean Slate
In the wake of the Hurricane Ike, the city is radically rebuilding its affordable housing to make it greener and more diverse
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Archives
Cleveland's New Deal-Era Public Housing Posters
The Midwest city's approach was much friendlier than New York's
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Archives
How New York City Sold Public Housing in the 1930s
Original New York City Housing Authority posters pitch the projects as the 'solution to infant mortality'
