Milwaukee Talking to the housing and economic development people, whether from the government or nonprofits, I kept hitting my head against a ceiling when it came to the thinking about the housing problems. Looking and thinking about the issues in the Amani neighborhood made this headache unavoidable. Work with me on this. In Amani you …
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Rents Rising
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Tedeschi-Trucks-Band-01-Hard-Case-3492559.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsMilwaukee Before dawn a chart ran on the TV screen at the airport hotel’s breakfast room that listed cities where rent was rising the fastest across the country. I was in Milwaukee huddled with airline personnel grabbing something for early flights to Detroit and Chicago. The news …
A.M.R. or A.M.I. Not?
Montreal As housing becomes a larger and larger issue in city after city around the world in the throes of development and attendant gentrification, not only has inclusionary zoning in new construction of units become an issue, but so have the policy questions of how to define affordability. In campaign discussions at the ACORN Canada …