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Austin, Texas is officially getting rid of its minimum parking requirements. Developers won’t be required to build a certain number of parking spots for new buildings.One of the biggest cities in one of the most car-dependent states in the country is cracking down on parking to deal with its housing affordability crisis.Austin, Texas is getting rid of requirements that new construction — from single-family homes to shopping malls — build parking spots. The City Council voted eight to two last Th…
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Santa Fe voted overwhelmingly for a new tax on homes sold for more than $1 million.The new 3% tax will fund affordable housing construction and maintenance.Santa Fe wants its wealthiest residents to fund housing for the neediest.On Tuesday, the New Mexico city overwhelmingly approved a so-called mansion tax, which will levy a 3% excise tax on residential property sold for $1 million or more and use the revenue to fund affordable housing.The tax, supported by more than 73% of voters, only applies…
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While traffic deaths are way up across the country, Hoboken, New Jersey, has managed to go years without one.The mayor and head of transportation credit a slew of road improvements and policy changes.American roads have gotten a lot more dangerous in recent years.Between 2019 and 2022, traffic fatalities jumped 18%, with pedestrian deaths hitting a 40-year high in 2021, according to data from the Governors Highway Safety Association. Authorities blame the increased fatalities on speeding, impair…
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Single renters are struggling to afford elevated housing costs. But single women have it much harder than their male counterparts. Being single can make life much more expensive. Housing costs are a big part of the so-called singles tax, the cost of not splitting the bills with a partner. But women, who make less money than men on average, are hit the hardest.Single women tend to spend more of their income on rent and are more likely to be rent-burdened — which means spending 30% or more of your…
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With remote work, white-collar workers are moving around the globe. Urban planner Richard Florida argues that cities can no longer be defined purely by geography. Many of the most vital global business and talent hubs aren’t the biggest or most economically powerful in the new world of remote work. As white collar, or so-called knowledge workers, choose to work outside of traditional offices, the world’s best talent is migrating from superstar cities like New York and London to places like Miami…
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Western European cities like Zurich and Copenhagen are ranked among the most liveable. But the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking doesn’t factor in affordability. Living in a global city with a high quality of life is increasingly reserved for the wealthiest.Earlier this year, the Economist’s Intelligence Unit (EIU) published its influential ranking of the living conditions in 173 global cities, measured by a range of factors in five categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment,…
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The Sunbelt has seen its population continue to surge since the pandemic hit in 2020. But now, it’s West Coasters who are increasingly moving south.Southern and Southwestern American cities have welcomed a growing number of new residents for decades. As manufacturing hubs in the Rustbelt contracted, many Midwesterners found their way south to warmer climates in relatively affordable cities and suburbs.But since the pandemic, a larger share of these new southerners are coming from West Coast citi…
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You might call US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Dr. Loneliness. Since 2017, he has made what he’s diagnosed as America’s loneliness epidemic the center of his public-health agenda, writing several op-eds and a best-selling book and appearing on dozens of news shows and podcasts to issue dire warnings about this deadly scourge. Last May, Murthy delivered his most urgent cri de coeur to date, an official advisory titled Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation. Over 80 pages, Murthy unspools the ex…
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Families with kids under six are leaving New York City at twice the rate of others.High childcare and housing costs drive families out, with daycare costing $2,000 to $4,000 monthly.The concrete jungle is an increasingly unfriendly playground for young kids and their parents.Families with kids under six years old are more than twice as likely to leave New York City than families without young kids, according to a new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. The exodus…
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Finding an affordable apartment in New York City has become ever more challenging for low-income people — and an expansion of key federal assistance isn’t likely to help much.When the city opened its waitlist for housing choice vouchers for the first time in 15 years earlier this month, it was flooded with more than 630,000 applications for the federal rental assistance program, Gothamist reported.To be eligible, individuals can make no more than $54,350 a year, and families of four can’t make m…
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