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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is desperately in need of reform in its system of inspections and enforcement of living conditions in public housing.
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Why the Poor Cannot Move: It's Not Just the (Official) Rent
A discussion of the book Evicted, and in particular its suggestion that rent in poor neighborhoods is not much lower than the rent in middle-class areas.
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What Can Planners Learn from Online Reviews? Examining Reviews of Los Angeles Rail Stations
Eun Jin Shin of Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, writes about a recent article she authored in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.
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Smart Growth and Vehicle Travel Reductions
Many jurisdictions have vehicle travel reduction targets. Integrated Smart Growth policies can help achieve these and other planning goals.
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Revisiting the Resilience Metric—How Does it Relate to Sustainable Development?
An investigation of how resilience relates to sustainability, and how an understanding of that relationship informs more effective development investments.
Edward J. Jepson. Jr.
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