Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren have all announced housing plans.
Many of the Democrat presidential candidates have made housing policy part of their platforms. "The proposals — which include renter tax credits, ramped up federal funding for housing construction, and controversial moves to reform local zoning — would also cost tens of billions of dollars, the latest examples of 2020 hopefuls embracing ideas from the left," Casey Tolan writes for the Mercury News.
Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren all have different plans to address housing affordability. Booker and Harris both seek to offer tax breaks to renters, who don't receive the same benefits that homeowners get in their taxes. "Both Warren and Booker’s proposals also take a crack at one of the thorniest issues in housing policy: local zoning," Tolan reports.
Elizabeth Warren's bill would attempt to address some of the enduring injustices for black home owners. "Warren’s bill would provide down-payment assistance for homebuyers in formerly redlined communities," Tolan reports.
FULL STORY: Here’s how presidential candidates want to help solve the housing crisis
Senate Votes 0–57 to Rebuff Green New Deal
Not one Democratic senator, including sponsor Ed Markey (Mass.), voted on Tuesday to support the resolution "recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal." Instead, most, but not all, Democrats voted "present."
Rents and Inequity Rising Together
U.S. landlords are getting a bigger share of the economic pie than they ever have before, according to new government data.
Oklahoma has Over 200,000 Vacant Homes. None are Affordable to Low-income Families.
The state faces a shortage of over 80,000 rental units for extremely low-income households while hundreds of thousands of vacant units face financial or legal barriers to restoration.
The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
People don’t kill cities. Freeways do.
US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
Both new services will launch in October, and are part of Phoenix's Project Effective Access Solutions for Easing Congestion.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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