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Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
Mar 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 ...
Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 - Next City
Jul 20, 2020 · EDITOR’S NOTE: Please join Next City for a related webinar on Wednesday, July 22, “ How to Lower the Voting Age to 16,” with guest Brandon Klugman, Vote16USA Campaign Manager at Generation Citizen.The webinar is pay what you wish to register. Memo to the U.S. Electorate: Ready or not, it’s time to make room.
How Street Vendors Finally Made Street Food Legal in California
Oct 4, 2022 · How Street Vendors Finally Made Street Food Legal in California After well over a decade of strategic activism in Los Angeles, Breed Street’s “last vendor” is celebrating a new statewide measure that gives street food vendors new rights and opportunities.
Why We Need to Keep the “Community” in Community Colleges
Jul 13, 2015 · As well, the welcoming-to-all nature of these schools can be disparaged with unfortunate local nicknames — LMC, for example, is derided as “Last Minute College.”The name change is supposed to inflate the appeal of these schools.
‘Tenants Have To Take the Leadership’: LA Tenant Union Founders’ …
Oct 10, 2024 · ‘Tenants Have To Take the Leadership’: LA Tenant Union Founders’ Call to Action. Tracy Rosenthal and Leo Vilchis's new book, "Abolish Rent," is a call to action for tenant power, a how-to lesson for forming a tenant group, and a thesis asking tenants to conceptualize rent as a form of extraction.
How South Korea’s Tech Hub Embraced the 15-Minute City - Next …
May 7, 2024 · The following is an adapted excerpt from “ The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet,” by pioneering urbanist Carlos Moreno, who developed the urban design concept and coined the term “15-minute city” in 2016. Located in the southeast of the Korean peninsula, Busan is South Korea’s second-largest city and a economic, cultural and educational center.
Where No One Thought Gentrification Would Go - Next City
Sep 3, 2013 · *In February, the New York City Housing Authority announced a plan to lease space in the footprint of eight Manhattan housing projects to real estate developers. That high-income renters would seek apartments not only next to, but inside places like the Lower East Side’s Alfred E. Smith Houses was unthinkable two decades ago. But the squeeze of New York gentrification, not to mention the ...
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Nov 7, 2024 · Tips to Make Your Resume Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market . Whether you’re a recent graduate crafting your first resume or you’ve been in the workforce for years, your resume is likely to be the first thing you reach for when applying to jobs.
10 Great Novels Every Urbanist Should Read - Next City
Dec 1, 2014 · In 14 stories set in the capital city, the author of The Known World looks beyond the glad-handing political circles, polished bureaucrats and the sophisticated tourism circuit. Instead, he zeroes in on the African-American experience in Northeast and Northwest, moving street by street through a little-seen D.C.