Today on TAP: Differing news accounts of a major decision to prosecute Boeing for violating a 2021 settlement highlight the policy and political implications.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inThe Good Life
Why We Should Care About Low-Carbon Leisure
Investments in tangible spaces for leisure can increase connection and fun activities while reducing carbon emissions.
Posted inTransportation
Pick Your Own Political Nightmare, New York Edition
Gov. Kathy Hochul broke congestion pricing and now she owns it.
Posted inHousing
Homeowners Want Housing Prices to Go Up
This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.
Posted inPolitics
The Support Our Public Services Briefly Had—and Still Need
And how President Biden can make that goal a better campaign theme
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inPolitics
Baltimore Strikes Back
How abortion plus Charm City infrastructure miscues could torpedo Larry Hogan’s Senate chances
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Auto Insurance Rates Are Out of Control
The factors are partly structural, but also have to do with a corporate drive for profits and use of technology to precision-target customers.