A law designed not to work has put millions at risk of losing their homes.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Infrastructure Summer: In Bipartisan Bill, States Must Consider Private Financing for Major Transit Projects
A provision in the latest deal would require cities and states building transit to commission a study, usually conducted by management consultants, giving private finance ‘a fair shot.’
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Infrastructure Summer: Public Transit Gets Funded—for Now
The infrastructure deal won’t dissuade the GOP from looking for new ways to defund public transportation.
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Infrastructure Summer: One Deal Forward, One Deal Back
The same day the bipartisan bill advances in the Senate, one of its key architects throws cold water on the reconciliation companion.
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Bipartisan Group Converges on Ag Concentration
Farms seem to be the only thing that doesn’t count as ‘infrastructure.’ But an emerging consensus agrees that anti-competitive practices have made food supply a national-security risk.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Untrained Bipartisan Deal-Makers
The senators negotiating the infrastructure package don’t have expertise in infrastructure, and it’s showing.
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Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
Bernhard Capital has pitched to take over management of municipal water and power systems. The federal infrastructure bill could help them.
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Infrastructure Summer: The Senate Deadline That Isn’t One
Understanding the various contours of an imminent failed vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill today
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Infrastructure Summer: The Senate Budget Deal Kicks Off a Flurry of Negotiation
This is only the beginning of a long, long process.
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After Surfside, Calls for Building Oversight Grow
As the country makes plans to revitalize aging infrastructure nationwide, some housing experts argue that high-rise condos should be part of the conversation.
