Oliver Wainwright pens a wishlist of urban policies for 2015—the list focuses on issues of housing and development.
Oliver Wainwright, architecture and design critic for The Guardian, names a four-point agenda for addressing urban ills in 2015. The four points, with more details explained in the article, are as follows:
- Exposing viability assessments to public scrutiny
- More council housing built by councils
- More community land trusts in urban areas
- A severe tax on empty homes
FULL STORY: What I want from our cities in 2015: a severe tax on empty homes
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LA to Replace Inglewood Light Rail Project With Bus Shuttles
LA Metro says the change is in response to community engagement and that the new design will be ready before the 2028 Olympic Games.
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