The city has a goal of adding 3,500 new housing units by 2032.
The Charleston, South Carolina city council gave initial approval for creating a new workforce housing district, a new zoning classification designed to promote affordable housing development.
As Kathryn Casteel reports in The Post and Courier, the new zoning district would require income restrictions on at least half of housing units built there and require them to remain affordable in perpetuity.
According to Casteel, “Mayor William Cogswell hopes to apply the new zoning to property the city already owns or is planning to buy, as well as about 50 acres of low-income housing sites owned by the Charleston Housing Authority — all of which were already earmarked for redevelopment.” One member of the city’s Housing Authority board suggested that the city add language that guarantees the replacement of existing units and guarantees that current residents won’t be displaced.
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NYC Council Approves Brooklyn Rezoning Plan
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How Atlanta Built 7,000 Housing Units in 3 Years
The city’s comprehensive, neighborhood-focused housing strategy focuses on identifying properties and land that can be repurposed for housing and encouraging development in underserved neighborhoods.
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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.
Baltimore to break ground on $50 million Transit Priority Project
The project will bring faster bus trips, safer streets and better bike connections to Baltimore.
Airbnb launches $250 million 'last-dollar financing' housing accelerator, makes first investment in Austin
The company will put $6.4 million towards affordable housing development in Texas’ capital.
Guerilla urbanists are building DIY bus stop benches in Chicago
A before-and-after of one of the bus stops with a new bench. The new benches are not officially sanctioned or permitted, but the residents who placed them hope they will be the start of a network of DIY benches across the city.
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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