Top 5 Recent Stories (November 25-November 29)
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1. A Real-World Look at How Rent Control Hurts Tenants
by Steven Greenhut | November 21, 2019
California recently passed a bill that is supposed to help tenants facing soaring rents. Here’s how it could have the opposite effect—not only hurting renters but making the state’s housing crisis even worse.
2. Every City Should Abolish Its Minimum Parking Requirements. Has Yours?
by Strong Towns | November 25, 2019
The movement to end harmful, wasteful minimum parking requirements is picking up steam in cities large and small across America. We’re doing our best to play a part in it.
3. My City Needs Money for Street Improvements. Here’s Why I Voted Not to Give It to Them.
by Brent Isaacs | November 26, 2019
Communities are stuck in a spiral of infrastructure spending. Who will stand up and say enough is enough?
by Daniel Herriges | November 21, 2019
The numbers don’t lie: business-as-usual suburban development won’t bring a booming town long-term financial strength. But it turns out that to #DoTheMath is only the first step toward changing your community's business model.
5. Parking Dominates Our Cities. But Do We Really *See* It?
by Daniel Herriges | November 27, 2019
We don’t pay a ton of attention to parking lots in our day-to-day lives—nobody makes postcards of scenic or historic ones—yet parking dominates and shapes the built environment around us more than any other factor. Here’s how to start seeing parking—and the damage it does when we build too much of it.
Top photo via John Matychuk.