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Yes, Other Countries Are Making More Progress on Housing, Case 4: The United Kingdom and New Zealand
Last time, I chronicled France’s success at boosting homebuilding in greater Paris. This time, I look at the industrial world’s laggards in abundant housing. Might the boldest new examples of leadership for abundant, low-carbon housing come from two of the worst places in the world at providing it—and from opposite ends of the political spectrum? By one measure, the United Kingdom and its former colony New Zealand have the worst...Read more » -
Momentum Builds for Provincial Action on the Housing Shortage
A government-appointed expert panel in British Columbia has recommended bold changes to the way cities plan for and approve housing, echoing trends that have emerged in some American states as they look for ways to grapple with soaring costs for homes. The Canada-British Columbia Expert Panel on the Future of Housing Supply and Affordability, which included representatives from banking, non-profit housing, private building, and the tech sector, recommended in a...Read more » -
Becoming a Democracy: Chapter 7—”Honor the People’s Choice for President”
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How Can We Protect US Democracy? Let’s Start with A Simple Fix for the Electoral College
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Anchorage Needs More Moderately Priced Homes: Let’s Start With ADUs
In Anchorage, there are lots of rules about what you can do with buildings on your private property. Most make sense, like mandating earthquake-resistant structures and preventing properties from becoming junkyards. But the city’s zoning code still contains regulations that can do more harm than good by deterring homebuilding and limiting housing choices. Take regulations that impose limits on building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), also known as a garden...Read more » -
Muscling Political Advantage to Push Kalama Petrochemical Project?
A review of actions, campaign spending, and past and current government officials’ employment and engagement, reveals influence peddling and political spending to curry favor to advance Kalama, Washington, petrochemical export project.Read more » -
What a Changing US Supreme Court Means for Climate Advocacy
Will Barrett’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court stymie innovative Cascadian legal strategies to combat climate change?Read more » -
Cover Crops: Let’s Pay Farmers to Protect Our Water
Across the United States, nearly six million people drink from water systems with elevated nitrate levels, a number which does not include households on private well water, for which there is no consistent testing standard. Latino residents living in rural areas disproportionately bear the exposure to this toxic discharge. Cover crops interrupt the pollution pathway, transforming the typically slick sheets of bare winter fields into obstacle courses that slow the water’s...Read more » -
Pennsylvania Prevails on Absentee Voting Access
Pennsylvania prevails on absentee access–and democracy protections during coronavirus. Court rules Pennsylvania can count votes arriving after Election Day and offer more drop boxes.Read more » -
Good News! Vancouver’s Six-Homes-per-Lot Proposal Could Work
Can Vancouver BC’s six-homes-per-lot plan work? Re-legalizing smallplexes takes on expensive housing, segregation, and climate chaos. Ironically, sky-high land values make it possible to cap the price of two homes in a smallplex—if it’s built big enough.Read more »