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Using Vacant Commercial Spaces As Affordable Artist Studios Is a …
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Artists pay between $2.50 to $4.50 a square foot, including all utilities, for spaces that range from 80 to 250 square feet. Artists must commit to working on at least one piece a month and being in the space at least one day a week between noon and 5 p.m. Prior to the pandemic, Zero Empty Spaces co-founders Evan Snow and Andrew Martineau had ...
Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Meanwhile, costs to build housing have increased nearly 29% since 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders, an industry trade group. The expense to develop affordable housing has risen alongside this general increase. Affordable housing development can cost from $100,000 to $750,000 per …
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
WEBJun 30, 2020 · Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to …
History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
WEB1964. The term “gentrification” is coined by Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class – upper and lower …. Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the working class occupiers are displaced and the whole social ...
Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States—more than 40 percent—could be owned by corporate investors. According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) the estimate of 1.6 million housing units ...
7 Threats and 7 Solutions in Southern Florida’s Fight Against …
WEBApr 22, 2020 · The threat: Saltwater from sea level rise is seeping further inland through Florida’s porous limestone bedrock and contaminating underground freshwater supplies, notably in the Biscayne aquifer, the 4,000-sq mile shallow limestone basin that provides drinking water to millions in southern Florida. Years of over pumping and toxic runoff from ...
How Street Vendors Finally Made Street Food Legal in California
WEBOct 4, 2022 · Los Angeles City Council did finally pass a motion to legalize and regulate street vendors in April 2018. Before it could be implemented, in September 2018, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, sponsored by then-State Sen. Ricardo Lara. Ricardo Lara holds Caridad Vazquez shoulders as she talks.
How Many Cities Are in the World? A New Way to Count - Next City
WEBSep 1, 2022 · Now they can analyze where success stories are real. In this episode of the podcast, Next City Executive Director Lucas Grindley talks with correspondent Gregory Scruggs about his reporting on a count that puts the world’s total number of cities at 10,000. Plus, we delve into his coverage of how new satellite imagery makes understanding ...
Why Community-Owned Grocery Stores Are the Best Recipe for …
WEBSep 13, 2019 · Their model, in which a third of the cost of opening typically comes from member loans, ensures communities are literally invested in their new stores and their use. The Mandela Co-op, which opened in a West Oakland, California, food desert in 2009, is a great example of this. The worker-owned grocery …