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WTOP News, April 15, 2024, How Much More Affordable Is Baltimore’s Housing Market Than DC’s Unlike the D.C. housing market, Baltimore is considerably more affordable. “The median price of a condo in the District is about $465,000. But a condo in Baltimore will run you about $210,000,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at listing service Bright […]

Axios Denver, April 14, 2024, Denver’s Housing Market Is Heating Back Up In 2024  The metro area “retains a mix of strengths including low unemployment, few mortgage delinquencies, low rental vacancy rates for investors and a positive ratio of building permits to job growth.”

The New York Times, April 14, 2024, During Milan Design Week, A Creative Solution On Where To Stay In this city of 1.35 million, a particular ritual happens in the weeks leading up to the Salone del Mobile. Ads start popping up on Facebook and Instagram offering private rooms and entire apartments for a few

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

New Republic, April 11, 2024, An Honest Assessment Of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue What isn’t said enough is that rural whites are being told to blame all the wrong people for their very real problems. As we argue in the book, Hollywood liberals didn’t destroy the family farm, college professors didn’t move manufacturing

American Banker, April 11, 2024, Fed Approves $1.3 Billion Merger Of Two New Jersey Banks The merger was approved despite fair lending concerns raised from public commenters about Lakeland. Shortly after the merger was announced, the bank acknowledged that it was being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over redlining practices in and around Newark between

Grist, April 11, 2024, Biden’s Environmental Justice Scorecard Offers More Questions Than Answers Shortly after being elected president, Joe Biden made a sweeping promise on environmental justice: With a 2021 executive order, he vowed that a full 40% of the benefits of certain federal government climate and environmental investments would reach historically disadvantaged communities. This initiative,

HuffPost, April 11, 2024, White House Hesitates To Bring Back Fair Housing Rule The White House is hesitating to finalize a government policy meant to reduce housing segregation out of fear it would cause a conservative backlash, according to a senior official. The Biden administration’s new proposal is a redo of a fair housing rule that Donald