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Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream
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Nate Berg • fastcompany.com
We might not be able to change federal home ownership subsidies but by raising renter-based subsidies to be on par, at least the playing field would be leveled.
Arthur C. Nelson • Reshaping Metropolitan America: Development Trends and Opportunities to 2030 (Metropolitan Planning + Design)
What these buildings have in common is that they are shabby and spacious. Any change is likely to be an improvement. They are discarded buildings, fairly free of concern from landlord or authorities: “Do what you want. The place can’t get much worse anyway. It’s just too much trouble to tear down.”
Steven Johnson • The Innovator's Cookbook
US Environmental Protection Agency,2 US Department of Housing and Urban Development,3 National Association of Realtors,4 Smart Growth America,5 Reconnecting America,6 Center for Neighborhood Technology,7 Center for Transit-Oriented Development,8
Arthur C. Nelson • Reshaping Metropolitan America: Development Trends and Opportunities to 2030 (Metropolitan Planning + Design)
“It is considered gauche (I have tried it) to mention in a public meeting that a particular public policy will raise or lower home values, even though what is acceptable to mention—traffic, crime, walkable streets, local pollution—pretty clearly maps onto home values. Something less obviously selfish is required to get other community residents to
... See moreEzra Klein • Abundance
they could even be paid a small performance-based fee for attending to sustaining and improving the building’s performance throughout its life.