Gentrification Debates Without Gentrification? By Todd Swanstrom Editor’s note: We’re pleased to offer a guest commentary from Todd Swanstrom. Todd is the Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri
Is St. Louis Gentrifying? Read Post »
Contrary to what you think you may have read in last week’s Washington Post, rental housing markets at all levels still conform to the laws of supply and demand Monday’s Washington Post ran a provocative
We disagree with the Washington Post about housing economics Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Jason Segedy on gentrification. This week we feature a guest column from Akron planning director Jason Segedy. You can’t build new housing in any existing neighborhood, it seems,
The Week Observed, August 10, 2018 Read Post »
Capping or taxing ride-hailing services isn’t going to solve NYC’s congestion problem New York’s City Council is moving ahead with a package of measures designed to cap the number of ride-hailed vehicles, like Uber and
Going the wrong way: NYC’s new ride-hailing cap Read Post »
Zillows data shows Portland rents have dropped 3.5 percent in the past year A couple of weeks ago, we published the latest data from ApartmentList.com on the decline in rents in the Portland metropolitan area.Â
More evidence of declining rents in Portland Read Post »
Whenever a distressed neighborhood gets new market rate housing, someone’s bound to cry “Gentrification”. Here’s why that’s wrong. This is a guest post from Jason Segedy, Director of Akron’s Planning Department. This is an excerpt
Don’t decry new urban housing as “gentrification” Read Post »
