July 15, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Mortgage Finance and Technological Change, Robin Döttling & Enrico C. Perotti, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 15-079/IV. Sustaining Neighborhoods of Choice: From Land Bank(ing) to Land Trust(ing), James J. Kelly Jr., Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2015. President Eisenhower’s … Continue reading
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July 13, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The New York Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s dismissal of suit against New York City, the New York Mets’ ownership group and The Related Cos., which had plans to build the Mets’ stadium on public parkland. The Court … Continue reading
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July 8, 2015
The Dense State of NYC’s Housing
NYU’s Furman Center released its State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2014. I found its discussion of urban density to be the most notable aspect of this nexcellent and data-rich annual report. The discussion on density concludes, … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Airbnb and the Housing Segment of the Modern ‘Sharing Economy’: Are Short-Term Rental Restrictions an Unconstitutional Taking?, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2015. The Use of Tenant Screening Reports and Tenant Blacklisting, Gerald Lebovits & Jen M. … Continue reading
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June 30, 2015
The Silent Housing Crisis
The J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families, a new entity, has issued its first white paper on the Silent Housing Crisis: A Snapshot of Current and Future Conditions. The paper covers some of the same ground as another … Continue reading
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May 28, 2015
Dos And Don’ts of Mixed-Use Development
I was interviewed on Georgia Public Radio’s On Second Thought radio show about The Dos And Don’ts of Mixed-Use Developments. The segment was about John’s Creek, an affluent suburb in northeast Atlanta. It’s fairly small — only about 80,000 people … Continue reading
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May 20, 2015
Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
Enterprise Community Partners has issued a white paper, Promoting Opportunity Through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Making the Case. The Executive Summary opens, Investments in transportation infrastructure can catalyze regional growth and improve mobility. Given limited public funds, public officials and … Continue reading
May 20, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments
