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Preserving Older Buildings and Low Rents
The coronavirus pandemic is catalyzing a renewed push for the preservation of older, low-cost housing because the recession has lowered prices, and because in a health crisis, it’s not safe to turn people out of their homes.Read more » -
Five Steps to Prevent Displacement
Protect tenants. Upzone for reparations. And 3 more steps for communities to build abundant housing, invest in affordability, and avoid displacement.Read more » -
The Macroproblem of Microplastics
Consumer demand for plastic goods fuels nurdle pollution in the world’s oceans. And coronavirus has slowed momentum on plastic bans.Read more » -
How Coronavirus Renter Relief Is Playing Out In Vancouver, BC
Rachael Bourbeau and her partner both lost their restaurant jobs in British Columbia’s capital city the same day: March 17. In a moment, they went from earning about $40,000 a year between them—and a reasonable ability to pay $1,150 a month for the basement suite they rent in a quiet neighbourhood of Victoria—to zero income. But Bourbeau was able to apply in early April for a $300-a-month rent subsidy that...Read more » -
A Federal One-Two Punch to Protect Renters—Pandemic and Beyond
Together, these two strategies can turn around the coronavirus housing emergency, and set the course for long-term housing abundance and affordability.Read more » -
Eviction Moratoriums Protect Cascadian Renters—For Now
After the eviction bans end, months of accumulated unpaid rent bills will come. Ensuring housing security for renters will require far more robust government support.Read more » -
FAQ: Pandemic-Proof Elections With Vote By Mail
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Purchase of PRB Coal Mines Puts the Navajo Nation at Risk
It’s official: a federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Cloud Peak Energy’s three Powder River Basin coal mines—Spring Creek in Montana, and the Antelope and Cordero Rojo coal mines in Wyoming—to a company called Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC). A Cloud Peak attorney told the judge that NTEC probably won’t complete the purchase until the end of next week. But from the perspective of the bankruptcy court, the...Read more » -
New Data Trove Answers Key Questions about Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing could reduce gridlock and provide new transportation funding for Cascadia’s largest cities. Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, BC, are all exploring how the policy could improve mobility and reduce emissions in their metro areas. A new source of data, now available for free on the web, allows citizens and planners to examine average travel speeds on any road segment for any hour of the day in six cities where...Read more » -
How New York Won Congestion Pricing
When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg first endorsed congestion pricing in 2007, it failed to even advance to a State Assembly vote. It was new, it was bold, and it was a nonstarter. But in March 2019, after more than 10 years of advocacy from environmentalists and transit activists, New York became the first US city to approve a plan to charge for access to busy urban roads during particular...Read more »