Cities can learn from how Los Angeles is starting to address homelessness
Los Angeles became ground zero for America's homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.
Los Angeles became ground zero for America's homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17.
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Oct 17, 2019
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Imagine a community of 200,000. Convivial, walkable, six times the density of Manhattan but with a smaller ecological footprint. It provides low-cost services and affordable housing mixed with productive uses such as recycling, ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2019
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Good quality, affordable housing is of vital importance to people's sense of identity, health and general well being. But in the UK we don't have sufficient housing that is affordable, of sufficient quality, and in places ...
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2019
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For Silvia González studying for a doctorate in urban planning at UCLA is about more than learning how cities and communities can be better designed. It's about promoting economic and environmental justice and housing equity, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2019
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A study led by Columbia Mailman School examined the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program to understand residents' experiences and their perspective on the program. ...
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May 29, 2019
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Developers in London have come under scrutiny for segregating people who live in social or affordable housing from residents who pay market rates. Prominent cases have included children from social housing being blocked from ...
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May 8, 2019
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The middle class is getting squeezed and it is the millennial generation above all that is bearing the brunt, the OECD said, urging action to help households struggling with the rising cost of education and housing as incomes ...
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Apr 11, 2019
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In Vancouver last month, more than 400 volunteers walked around, carrying clipboards and wearing bright yellow buttons that read "Homeless Count." They were out on the streets or in shelters asking homeless people to complete ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2019
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On the night the 2016 census was taken, more than 116,000 Australians were homeless. This was a 30% increase from the decade before.
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Apr 4, 2019
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When a big technology company moves to town, it often promises eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it.
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Mar 11, 2019
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