Affordable Housing Institute : US

In many previous posts I’ve alluded favorably to the concept of inclusionary zoning. As one of the two truly innovative affordable housing resources invented in the last thirty years (the other being investment tax credits, the purest and most effective expression of soft equity), it deserves its own exposition, using as a case […]

How do you misplace two acres of ground?
 

One acre = one football field … so where do you mislay one?
 
From our friends in the Boston Globe’s it-can’t-happen-here department comes a tale that, beyond being entertaining in its own right, also illustrates just how important are reliable title deeds and such mundanity as precise surveys.
 
The deed […]

[Continued from Part 1]
 
5.         Build in urban mass transit from inception
 
A healthy city has not only skeleton (streets and major structures), it also has a nervous system (rapid daily people movement): urban mass transit.  Moving people quickly and cheaply between home and work encourages labor mobility and hence a strong and resilient economy.
 
More than […]

How can we fix New Orleans?

[Previous posts on New Orleans here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.]
 

“There’s no need to fear, blogging man is here!”
 

Perhaps the Federal government’s embarrassing dither about New New Orleans is due to lack […]

Symbols matter, and as New Orleans struggles to be reborn, via ESPN comes a rumor that, if it proves true, would be a severe psychological blow to New Orleans‘ hopes:
 
New Orleans Saints’ owner Tom Benson declared this week that nothing will be decided on the franchise’s future until after the season. But ESPN’s Chris Mortensen […]