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Axios, April 24, 2024, Strict School Zones Are Reinforcing Inequality, New Study Finds Rigid school attendance zones allow districts to legally keep many students of color and low-income families out of coveted, elite K-12 public schools, a new study finds. Why it matters: The US will soon mark the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education […]

The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2024, Rockford Is Now America’s Top Housing Market After An Improbable Turnaround Rockford attracts home buyers who are drawn to its affordable housing stock and its growing healthcare, aerospace and logistics industries. The Rockford metro area, about 90 miles from Chicago and Milwaukee, offers easy access to its larger

The New York Times, April 25, 2024, The Gen-Z Advantage In Housing Researchers measured the average housing costs incurred by Gen Z-ers and millennials between the ages of 22 to 30, including rent, mortgage, insurance and utilities, with dollar amounts adjusted for inflation. Down payments were not included. Projections through age 30 were made for

CalMatters, April 23, 2024, The U.S. Supreme Court Just Gave California A Major Opportunity To Lower Housing Costs Thanks to a recent blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court ruling on excessive and often arbitrary local fees, reform may be on the way that could help ease California’s worsening housing crisis. But critical unanswered questions from the ruling could

The Conversation, April 17, 2024, Worried About Housing Shortages And Soaring Prices? Your Community’s Zoning Laws Could Be Part Of The Problem Local governments often try to combat housing costs and create affordable housing by passing legislation that changes current zoning and land-use regulations. But the changes are not without controversy. SciLine interviewed Jessica Trounstine, the centennial

The Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2024, New York Is Passing A Big Housing Deal. Everyone Is Grumbling The complex deal brokered by Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers, billed as the biggest overhaul to New York housing policy in decades, has left advocates on nearly every side wondering whether it will actually improve the state’s worsening

PYMNTS, April 17, 2024, National Banks’ Reign Over Primary Credit Cards Dropped To 68% This decline is even more remarkable when factoring in the inherent advantage national banks have when it comes to issuing cards. Not only do national banks lead the market in managing consumer bank accounts, but they also issue the most credit

The Conversation, April 17, 2024, Native American Voices Are Finally Factoring Into Energy Projects – A Hydropower Ruling Is A Victory For Environmental Justice On Tribal Lands As the US shifts from fossil fuels to clean energy, developers are looking for sites to generate electricity from renewable sources. But in an unexpected move, the Federal

Tampa Bay Times, April 18, 2024, Recognizing Racist Past, Tampa Will Create Reconciliation Committee More than three years after the Tampa City Council formally apologized for the city’s racist past, the body unanimously approved the formation of a committee tasked with examining and addressing persistent inequities in Florida’s third-largest city. The 13-member Race Reconciliation Committee

Tampa Bay Times, April 17, 2024, The Obscure But Powerful Politicians Who Control Florida’s Energy While the state commission is largely out-of-sight, out-of-mind for regular Floridians, it’s slated to come to Tampa Bay this summer. Customers of Duke Energy and Tampa Electric Co. will be able to speak at several scheduled hearings in Largo and

The New Republic, April 17, 2024, The Republican Plot To Roast Outdoor Workers In the absence of federal action, various localities and even some states (California, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, and Oregon) have moved to regulate workers’ heat exposure. But after Dallas and Austin imposed their own municipal heat exposure rules, the Republican-controlled Texas state legislature moved to thwart these efforts by passing H.B. 2127. Governor

Business Insider, April 9, 2024, Miami Shows How A New Kind Of Gentrification Is Coming To US Cities The problem will likely get worse as the impacts of warming temperatures, rising sea levels, and more extreme storms worsen — and as millennials, who are concerned about climate risks, grow as a share of homebuyers. And Miami is

HousingWire, April 9, 2024, The Opportunity Cost Of Modern-Day Redlining Lenders need to carefully evaluate their lending strategies to ensure that they are not unintentionally practicing redlining by neglecting MMCT and LMI neighborhoods, or they may face millions in penalties. But the true cost of redlining is still larger, and it’s counted in lost revenue,

Vox, April 10, 2024, America Is Full Of Abandoned Malls. What If We Turned Them Into Housing? Casciani ached for her town, which not only was dealing with the eyesore of the abandoned mall but also lacked enough vacant land to develop desperately needed affordable housing. Her nonprofit development group, PathStone, embarked on a complex