Microblog #109: Is affordable housing a public good?
291 Words Localities look to eminent domain as a way to preserve affordability. Have you seen “eminent domain”…
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Microblog #107: Is AirBnB bad for affordability?
306 Words A new study explores short term rentals’ effect on the housing market. That AirBnB you found…
Read MoreNortham Announces Historic Investment in Affordable Housing
On December 13, Governor Ralph Northam visited New Clay House, a recently expanded permanent supportive housing community in…
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Microblog #103: Open doors and larger pockets.
Our doors are open—to new Virginians and new dollars for housing Last week’s microblog touched on the changing immigration landscape…
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Microblog #99: People are not pollutants.
Dealing with NIMBYism? Do your housing homework before suggesting out-of-the-box solutions. Academics have long studied the motivations behind…
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Microblog #87: Generational warfare?
Are we stoking generational warfare with our housing policies? Much has been written about millennials and their different…
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Microblog #86
A housing drinking game for the presidential debates? Be careful what you wish for. There’s something different about…
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Microblog #84: The times are a-changin’.
Will we soon see an end to the “Hegemony of Single Family”? Yesterday, Housing Virginia and the Alliance…
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Microblog #82: Closing “The Gap”
We need more than seven million new affordable homes. That’s no typo. Each year, the National Low Income…
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Microblog #81: Churn, churn, churn…
Unpacking the Housing Shortage Puzzle Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. “Housing prices continue to rise…
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