What City Observatory this week 1. The inequity built into Metro’s proposed homeless strategy. Portland’s Metro is rushing forward with a plan asking voters to approve $250 million per year in income taxes to fight
The Week Observed, February 28, 2020 Read Post »
Blocking new development will only accelerate demand for existing homes The moratorium makes flipping houses even more lucrative Atlanta’s making a major investment in Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, not far from the Beltline that
Why Atlanta’s anti-gentrification moratorium will backfire Read Post »
Why are there so few studies charting displacement and cultural decline in non-gentrifying neighborhoods? The implicit assumption in most gentrification research is that if a neighborhood doesn’t change, that it stays the same, but almost
Gentrification: the case of the missing counter-factual Read Post »
What’s equitable about spending six times as much per homeless person in the suburbs as in the city? The “equity” standard that’s guiding the division of revenue for Metro’s housing initiative is based on politics,
Equity and Homelessness Read Post »
What City Observatory this week 1. Local flavor: Which cities have the most independent restaurants. Local eateries are one of the most visibly distinctive elements of any city. As Jane Jacobs said, the most important
The Week Observed, February 21, 2020 Read Post »
Oregon is utterly failing to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions Instead of being down 10 percent by 2020, transportation greenhouse gas emissions are up more than 20 percent Oregon will miss its 2020 GHG goal
Climate failure and denial at the Oregon Department of Transportation Read Post »
