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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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An investigation of how resilience relates to sustainability, and how an understanding of that relationship informs more effective development investments.
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YIMBYs Leading the Pro-Density Fight
June 1, 2019, 1pm PDT
Minneapolis has become an inspiration to other cities about how to successfully challenge NIMBY factions that oppose density and zoning reform.
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Affordable Housing Advocacy Efforts Taking Root in St. Paul
January 10, 2019, 10am PST
St. Paul, Minnesota, is working on its comprehensive plan, and advocates want to see upzoning changes similar to what happened in Minneapolis.
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