Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
[Previous Months in Review available here: Oct 11, Sep 11, Aug 11, Jul 11, Jun 11, May 11, Apr 11, Mar 11, Feb 11, Jan 11] By:David A. Smith Even paranoiacs have enemies, though In November I indulged in a flight of fancy that, since I’m still alive, must have been [...]
[Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] By: David A. Smith Yesterday’s post reviewing a well-done and movingly photographed Washington Postarticle about the un-building of Cleveland brought the properties from dereliction to foreclosure and donation – but all that accomplishes is changing the ownership, and the ultimate value is created [...]
[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] By: David A. Smith Yesterday we saw that, from a thoughtful if downbeat Washington Postarticle, in the un-growing city of Cleveland, some homes and streets and neighborhoods need to be un-built, which can be accelerated by fines and tax liens. And if you don’t comply with the [...]
By: David A. Smith Counterintuitive as it may seem, property can have negative value – yet when it does, by itself it does not vanish. [Cleveland photographs from the Washington Post article – Ed.] Photo credits – Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post A house on Pontiac Street in the Cleveland area, [...]
By:David A. Smith Pile the houses high in Chillicothe and Chicago. Shovel them under and let me work— I am the grass; I cover all. Some cities need to un-grow. Some neighborhoods need to un-develop. Some towers need to un-rise. And some houses need to be un-built, as revealed in this Bloomberg News [...]
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