The plan isn’t focused entirely on YIMBY ideas, or rent-limiting ideas.
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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Gavin Newsom’s Fraudulent Homelessness Agenda
The governor of California proposes to solve the problem by harassing people in circles.
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California Voters Revisit Statewide Rent Control Law
The housing crisis puts the Costa-Hawkins Act under the microscope for the third time in six years.
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How an ‘Algorithm’ Turned Apartment Pools Green
RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles.
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Pick Your Own Political Nightmare, New York Edition
Gov. Kathy Hochul broke congestion pricing and now she owns it.
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Homeowners Want Housing Prices to Go Up
This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.
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Hell Is an Underwater Landlord
Millions of tenants are trapped in a rotten cycle of overflowing trash, daily water outages, and a healthy rat population.
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Whistleblower Laws That Protect Lawbreakers
The late whistleblower John Barnett described Boeing as a psychological torture chamber for anyone who cared about safety. A 2000 law makes fighting back nearly impossible.
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A Whole-Person Approach to Combating Homelessness
An ambitious pilot program provides a myriad of resources to help participants achieve financial independence through stable employment.
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The Transportation Department’s New Path
In a busy week for regulatory action, Pete Buttigieg’s emergence in fighting corporate power should not be overlooked.