NYC planning commissioner turns Christmas Twitter troll
In the wee hours of Christmas morning, New York City Planning Commissioner Leah Goodridge was distributing not presents but...
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After two decades on Brooklyn’s frontier, Bushburg prepares to hit the gas
As ever, Joseph Hoffman’s mind was on the details. The Bushburg founder was driving through southwestern Brooklyn when he...
Los Angeles
The anti-NY strategy: LA transit buys land to stop gentrification
Construction of rail stations often sparks adjacent high-end development and rent increases that price out mom-and-pop operators and low-wage...
Weekend Edition
Are Chinatown’s days numbered?
Manhattan’s Chinatown on the Lower East Side has for decades been buffered from gentrification by a stalwart group of civic associations that have held on to properties akin to those snatched up by developers...
National Weekend Edition
One-percenters flock to Hawaii as state battles gentrification
Hawaii, a tourist destination for more than a century, is becoming a victim of its own success as one-percenters...
National Weekend Edition
Home prices soar in new “it” city of Spokane
A mad scramble to find an affordable home has hit Spokane. Prices jumped 60 percent in the eastern Washington...
Weekend Edition
Mountain town struggles with gentrification
Remote workers hefting six-figure salaries from big cities to small towns across the West have led to skyrocketing home prices — and fewer affordable homes for locals. The housing crisis in the remote Methow...
National Weekend Edition
Wave of gentrification in Puerto Rico prices out locals
YouTube phenom Logan Paul moved into a $13 million mansion. Crypto billionaire Brock Pierce bought an $18 million hotel....
National
Local officials acknowledge history of racism in city planning, pledge change
Nearly two-dozen planning directors from cities across the country released a joint statement last week acknowledging the role their...
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Black homeownership’s Catch-22
Randal Wyatt was renting a mouse-infested apartment in a Portland, Oregon, neighborhood known for its high crime rate. When he wasn’t working as a student advocate or raising his twin sons, he attended a...