Urbanexus Update - Issue #8
Please scroll down for my weekly collection of information and opinion about changes across, and beyond, metropolitan regions that create opportunities—and challenges—for sustainable real estate investment and community development.
The housing conundrum in the USA
Mobile housing comes to the streets of the city.
McKinsey & Co says wealth causes homelessness
This is almost as ridiculous as saying that the upward trend in Univesity of Washington football victories causes homelessness in Seattle to increase.
If people are fleeing the Bay Area for cheaper housing, why is housing still so costly?
America's housing debates are spreading
YIMBY emerges in larger metro areas while NIMBY moves to smaller ones.
Residents are priced out — www.seattletimes.com
Refugees from Seattle's rapidly increasing housing costs are in turn displacing residents of Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood.
Too many U.S. cities don't know how or want to grow even though resistance is, in many ways, futile.
A California housing bill shot down some it aimed to help
Here is one view on how it went wrong.
A model YIMBY zoning code — ggwash.org
Giving cities a guide to affordability.
Is not how dense it is but how you make it dense
Denver bans "slot homes", but not before they changed neighborhoods
Fights over land rights around the world
Unfortunate consequences of a failure to plan and implement equitable community development.
A court convicts farmers of trespass.
People like their cars
People like their cars and don't like anything that reduces the amount of roadway allocated to them.
Giving up vehicles is a challenge
The war on cars, Norwegian edition, looks to be a long siege.
Making buses attractive — www.citylab.com
Why Seattle is America's bus-lovingest town.
Assessing the need for real estate development
How to get started with real estate market analysis.
Calculating the ned for apartment buildings
How to analyze supply and demand for apartment buildings.
Calculating the need for office buildings
How to analyze office building supply and demand.
Calculating the need for industrial buildings
How to analyze supply and demand for industrial real estate.
A creative real estate personality
Bob White of Real Capital Analytics
Steve Felix profiles/interviews Bob White, founder of Real Capital Analytics--a truly great real estate entrepreneur and a fan of miniature buildings, many of which are on display at his office in New York City.