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DailyWhat Does It Mean to End Homelessness?
More cities are announcing they’ve reached “functional zero” for certain categories of people experiencing homelessness. But what does that really mean?
DailyFresno Aims to End Veteran Homelessness Through Prevention
Communities cannot sustainably end homelessness without preventing people from experiencing it in the first place.
FeaturesCan Cities Ever Reach Absolute Zero (Waste)?
In part one of Next City’s two-part feature on the state of Zero Waste programs, we dig into where cities are falling short, and look at Austin’s experiments that convert materials from the waste stream into marketable products.
FeaturesSix Solutions to Watch for 2022
What we’re keeping our eyes on as we head into the new year.
DailyBoston Tightens Climate Standards for City-Supported Housing Projects
Boston developers that want to get city money for affordable housing projects now have to design their buildings to be much more sustainable.
FeaturesHow Code for America Is Changing the Way Cities Run
…San Francisco-based non-profit Code for America has embedded its budding techies in one-year fellowships with city halls around the country. The goal: To build apps that make city governments run more effectively and bolster engagement between citizens and civil servants. But even Code founder Jennifer Pahlka — who hatched the…
DailyParis Mayor Wants to Build Car-Free Density Over the Seine River
Three bridges could host gardens, cafes, shops and offices.
DailyHow Bakersfield, California Ended Chronic Homelessness
How the inland California city is tackling homelessness.
DailyApply Now: This Month’s Competitions
Three ongoing competitions for planners and architects.
FeaturesThe Next Generation of Infrastructure
…help prepare the area for intense climatic shifts that will come over the next century. Indeed, all over the country planners have come to realize that they need to account for climate change as they build or upgrade urban infrastructure. And for the first time, engineers have started to look…
DailyThe City That Plans to Completely End Homelessness
The city has already reached “functional zero” for veterans and the chronically homeless. Next up: youth, families, and everyone else.
FeaturesFor Years, Philanthropy Has Been Trying To Buy Buildings for the Arts. Now We Know It Works.
San Francisco’s CounterPulse shows how arts organizations can take advantage of a lease-to-own model.
DailyDid Bergen County, NJ End Homelessness? It’s Complicated
Another jurisdiction claims the “functional zero” mantle. But what does that mean?
FeaturesBill Peduto’s Steeltown
*Pittsburgh’s newest mayor counts himself among a growing cohort of urban liberals who have married populist agendas with economic development platforms that prioritize smart-growth principles of density, transit-accessibility and livability. Peduto is a mayor to watch. Journalist Jon Geeting takes us to Pittsburgh to do just that.
DailyHow An Illinois City Achieved Functional Zero For Veteran And Chronically Homeless Populations
Thanks in part to developing a by-name list and a single point of entry, Rockford, Illinois, believes it can reach functional zero homelessness for all populations by next year.
DailyHousing in Brief: Portland’s Mayor Bans Camping On Walking Paths To Schools
Also, the Inflation Reduction Act will subsidize clean energy upgrades for low- and middle-income homeowners.
FeaturesWelcome to Your New Government
…asks what it means for Detroit and cities like it when local government relies on private organizations to turn around a neighborhood’s fate. With an eye to the evolution of our increasingly privatized cities, Clark explores the rise of CDCs and the questions they face as they grow to be…
FeaturesIt’s an Automatic
*The driverless, or more accurately, self-driving car is widely predicted to revolutionize mobility by knocking humans out of the driver’s seat as soon as 2030. By acting as a sort of 21st-century car pooling mechanism, it has the potential to help marginalized populations get around and take large numbers of…
FeaturesWill This New Investor Tax-Incentive Policy Avoid Mistakes of the Past?
In an ideal world, Opportunity-Zone designation will infuse capital into low-income, historically marginalized communities. But without clear guidelines in place, will those benefits materialize?
DailyClarksdale’s Blues Museum Lays the Foundation for the City’s Future
Tourism, centered in at the city’s former freight depot, may hit the right spot for the rural city of Clarksdale.
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