What City Observatory did this week 1. If you want less displacement, build more housing. A common refrain at planning commission meetings around the country is that cities ought to block new housing as a
The Week Observed, August 31, 2018 Read Post »
Why a recent Fed study tells us very little about supply and affordability The takeaway: A recent Federal Reserve study which seems to show that building more housing won’t improve affordability has little relevance to
Does increased housing supply improve affordability? Read Post »
Lower income households are happier in higher income neighborhoods How does your neighbor’s income affect your happiness? Do you feel worse off if you have less income than most of your neighbors? The “Keeping up
Do rich neighbors make low income people unhappy? Read Post »
The more you limit housing, the more you increase displacement In city after city, we see the same refrain: a neighborhood is starting to attract new residents and new investment, current residents are starting to
If you want less displacement, build more housing Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Philadelphia’s urban policy harmonic convergence. The proposal to build a multi-billion dollar expansion of University City adjacent to Drexel University and Philadelphia’s Center City brings a host of
The Week Observed, August 24, 2018 Read Post »
People and social interaction, not technology, is the key to the future of cities Smart city afficianado’s are agog at the prospects that the Internet of Things will create vast new markets for technology that
IoT: The Irrelevance of Thingies Read Post »
