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When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs

When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs

It’s difficult to know who owns property because corporate landlords and investors tend to structure their business as limited liability companies, or LLCs.

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Site Location Snafu Puts Clearwater’s RAISE Grant Funding at Risk planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Site Location Snafu Puts Clearwater’s RAISE Grant Funding at Risk

Site Location Snafu Puts Clearwater’s RAISE Grant Funding at Risk

Wires were crossed between the city manager and the city council in Clearwater, Florida, though the city is now back on track with a plan that won $20 million in grant funding from the federal...

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Could This Supreme Court Ruling Affect Fair Housing? planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Could This Supreme Court Ruling Affect Fair Housing?

Could This Supreme Court Ruling Affect Fair Housing?

Experts on housing law discuss the potential repercussions of a recent Supreme Court decision that struck down the EPA’s authority in limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Could conservative judges...

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Water Supply Failure in Jackson, Mississippi planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Water Supply Failure in Jackson, Mississippi

Water Supply Failure in Jackson, Mississippi

A catastrophic failure of the water supply in Jackson is leaving state and local officials scrambling to deliver clean water to some 180,000 residents of the state’s capital.

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Los Angeles to Put Mobility Plan to Voters planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Los Angeles to Put Mobility Plan to Voters

Los Angeles to Put Mobility Plan to Voters

The city has made almost no progress on the mobility plan it adopted in 2015. Now, voters will decide whether, and how, L.A. will have to follow through.

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Do Highways Frustrate Mobility? planetizen.com/blogs/118506-…
Do Highways Frustrate Mobility?

Do Highways Frustrate Mobility?

One common argument for highways is that even if they fail to reduce congestion, they allow people to go more places. This claim overlooks the effects of highways on development patterns.

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The Future of Ground-Floor Retail planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
The Future of Ground-Floor Retail

The Future of Ground-Floor Retail

With demand for housing growing and for physical storefronts waning, do the restrictions imposed by ground-floor retail zoning still make sense?

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Closing the Homeownership Knowledge Gap planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Closing the Homeownership Knowledge Gap

Closing the Homeownership Knowledge Gap

An Oakland program geared at Black homeowners wants to empower households to understand the opportunities in building and renting accessory dwelling units.

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Americans Have Fallen in Love With Outdoor Dining planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Americans Have Fallen in Love With Outdoor Dining

Americans Have Fallen in Love With Outdoor Dining

Started as a response to pandemic restrictions, al fresco dining has taken off as customers, restaurant owners, and city officials realize the social and economic benefits of outdoor dining spaces.

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The Beginning of the End of the Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle? planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
The Beginning of the End of the Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle?

The Beginning of the End of the Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle?

The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously on August 25 to begin a phased ban on the sale of passenger vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel beginning in 2026 when over a third of new...

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San Antonio Considering Major Development Code Overhaul planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
San Antonio Considering Major Development Code Overhaul

San Antonio Considering Major Development Code Overhaul

Neighborhood registration and accessory dwelling units are among the hot button items included in a package of 193 proposed amendments to the San Antonio Unified Development Code.

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Maryland Toll Lane Plan Gains Federal Approval planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…

Maryland Toll Lane Plan Gains Federal Approval

In a victory for Governor Larry Hogan, who has championed the project, the Federal Highway Administration is allowing the Beltway expansion project to move ahead.

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BRT Stations Cut, Project Delayed in Atlanta planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
BRT Stations Cut, Project Delayed in Atlanta

BRT Stations Cut, Project Delayed in Atlanta

Inflation is taking a bite out of planned transportation projects in Georgia. The state's first ever bus rapid transit project provides the latest example of scaled back ambitions.

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The Declining Appeal of Lawns planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
The Declining Appeal of Lawns

The Declining Appeal of Lawns

Long held as a symbol of middle-class success and the American Dream, homogenous, monocultural lawns are quickly falling out of favor as people opt for more ecologically friendly gardens that...

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Funding for Two Transit Projects Approved for the Valley in Los Angeles planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Funding for Two Transit Projects Approved for the Valley in Los Angeles

Funding for Two Transit Projects Approved for the Valley in Los Angeles

Local funding for a new light rail line and upgrades to the G Line (née Orange Line) bus rapid transit route have been approved for the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

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Alternative Railroad Electrification planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Alternative Railroad Electrification

Alternative Railroad Electrification

Rather than building costly overhead electrification infrastructure to convert a Chicago-area commuter rail line from polluting diesel power to emission-free electricity, the Metra Board of Directors...

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Ohio Counties Can Now Ban Renewable Energy Projects planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Ohio Counties Can Now Ban Renewable Energy Projects

Ohio Counties Can Now Ban Renewable Energy Projects

A new state law allows counties to deny wind and solar projects in their jurisdictions, and at least ten counties have already moved to implement bans.

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Connecticut Legislator Pushing for Statewide Rent Control planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Connecticut Legislator Pushing for Statewide Rent Control

Connecticut Legislator Pushing for Statewide Rent Control

Extreme price hikes in the for-sale and rental markets are pushing the state of Connecticut to consider statewide rent controls like those adopted by Oregon and California in 2019.

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Redondo Beach’s Housing Element Failed. Now a Developer Is Planning 2,300 Residential Units. planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Redondo Beach’s Housing Element Failed. Now a Developer Is Planning 2,300 Residential Units.

Redondo Beach’s Housing Element Failed. Now a Developer Is Planning 2,300 Residential Units.

Anti-housing development planning now has consequences in California.

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Shared Mobility Ridership on the Rebound planetizen.com/news/2022/08/…
Shared Mobility Ridership on the Rebound

Shared Mobility Ridership on the Rebound

Ridership on shared bike and scooter fleets showed numbers higher than before the pandemic in the second part of 2021, according to a new report.

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