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COVID-19
With the federal eviction moratorium due to expire at the end of the month and rent relief programs failing to reach those who need it most, an eviction crisis still looms.
NPR
Despite the economic blow dealt by last year's lockdowns, business districts in smaller cities like Wilkes-Barre managed to weather the crisis.
The New York Times
Center City in Philadelphia offers a case study for one of the largest and potentially most consequential contingencies of the pandemic: What happens to downtowns is most workers never come back to the office?
Philadelphia
Five ways to ensure that rental assistance reaches communities of color with high levels of need.
Shelterforce Magazine
In a typical pre-pandemic year, landlords in Philadelphia filed around 20,000 evictions. Last year, landlords filed just 4,500.
Next City
Blog post
Planetizen started gathering articles attempting to predict the post-pandemic future in March 2020. The work goes on, with many questions left still to be answered.
Urbanist Richard Florida assesses post-pandemic possibilities for neighborhoods that once relied on 9-to-5 workers.
Bloomberg CityLab
Blog post
Here are just a few ways urban environments are transforming and reinventing themselves in the wake of the coronavirus.
Restaurants in areas designated as "slow streets" during the pandemic saw a boost in consumer interest.
Bloomberg CityLab
Cities and counties have been slow to take advantage of the promise of full and retroactive FEMA reimbursement to expand emergency housing programs, frustrating housing advocates. What’s getting in the way?
Shelterforce Magazine
An analysis of housing affordability shows rising costs in America's smaller cities.
Bloomberg Opinion
Cities have more experience, and examples, than they might realize when it comes to reinventing systems of investment and governance to recover from the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bloomberg CityLab
The fortunes of commercial real estate in Seattle have completely reversed since February, according to a new analysis.
The Seattle Times
Feature
The American Planning Association's 2021 National Planning Conference started streaming this morning, with an obvious focus on equity and the historical role of the planning profession in perpetuating systemic racism.
So much for vaccines enabling the U.S. to achieve the cherished goal of herd immunity for COVID-19. It is becoming increasingly clear to many public health experts that likely will not happen, according to a New York Times global health reporter.
The New York Times
The city's comparatively affordable rents and low unemployment rate have attracted new residents during a year when many big cities saw their population growth slow.
Urbanize Atlanta
Cities around the country are making big plans for economic relief funding from the federal government.
The Washington Post
Feature
Vital urbanism and a prescription for the post-pandemic city.
The California city has received complaints about overcrowding even as the program sought to create more outdoor public space during the pandemic.
Climate Magazine
Blog post
The latest edition of an ongoing compendia of articles trying to make sense of the deep uncertainties of the pandemic—and what it all means for the future of cities.
