Cantilevered towers help deal with space limitations in New York City. They start narrow at the street but expand as they rise, more lollipop than traditional wedding cake.
The Mashpee Commons provided new details about a proposed expansion project and zoning bylaw change to the Mashpee Planning Board during the board’s meeting on Wednesday, June 2, in the
AUBURN — By a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the Auburn Common Council denied a controversial zoning change to permit apartments on the city’s near east side.
The federal housing agency plans to help Black homeowners as part of its racial justice agenda.
Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge will announce a plan to increase down payments for F.H.A. loans, targeted to assist Black home buyers.Credit.Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times
May 28, 2021, 9:53 a.m. ET
Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge is planning a broad new effort to fight housing discrimination that includes a $100 million initiative intended to spur Black homeownership in areas historically off-limits to minorities, administration officials briefed on the plan said.
The pilot program, part of the $6 trillion budget request planned to be released by President Biden on Friday, would pay for increased down payments from recipients of Federal Housing Administration loans, giving borrowers instant ownership equity comparable to that of their more affluent neighbors and white homeowners.
Report: ‘Unsustainable’ Suburban America Contributes to Climate Change
19 May 2021
The iconic American suburban neighborhoods that attract families looking for safe and prosperous areas have been targeted in recent years – first from those who believe zoning is a racist tactic to keep certain people out of the neighborhoods.
And now a report from the left-leaning Brooking Institute is claiming that the “unsustainable” nature of the suburbs means they must be transformed in the name of preventing climate change.
The Brooking Institute report touts President Joe Biden’s “ambitious and necessary” goal to reduce greenhouse gas emission to 50 percent of the amount emitted in 2005 by 2030, with even bigger reductions by 2050.