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The Housing Crisis’ New Crisis

2 months ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis |Michael Saadine

The federal government upheaval is worsening our housing crisis, disrupting essential policies for low-income citizens. What we must do
A Housing Reality Check

2 months ago | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

Newsletter For all its flaws and its failure to prevent the current housing crisis, federal housing policy has been relatively consistent and stable over the past 40 years. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, established in 1986, has financed over 3 million affordable housing units. At any given time, in recent years, over 2 million households use Housing Choice Vouchers to afford their homes. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have underpinned the mortgage market for decades.
Do Cities Need a Wartime Consigliere?

2 months ago | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

Newsletter I found myself looking for cinematic guidance as the chaos of the past few weeks played out. I ultimately found it in one of the most compelling scenes in the first Godfather film. With guidance from Don Vito Corleone, Michael Corleone is plotting his audacious move to consolidate power among the warring Mafia families. One of the consequences of the anticipated bloodletting is the demotion of Tom Hagen from the Corleone family’s consigliere to its lawyer in Las Vegas.
Housing for Chips

Jan 16, 2025 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

Housing has dominated state and local headlines, the federal campaign trail, and even this newsletter of late. But you wouldn’t know it if you were moving within private capital circles. Rather, the talk of the town in the public markets, amongst lenders, and at private equity conferences is data centers: housing for chips. The advent and growth of artificial intelligence, and broader technological growth before it, has brought with it significant downstream effects.
The Return of New Localism

Nov 15, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” So famously said Bette Davis’ character in the classic 1950 movie All About Eve. Replace “night” with “four years” and we just begin to have a sense of what Tuesday’s election means for the world and our nation.
Providing a Housing Safety Net

Oct 24, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

This is the fourth and last in a series of initial policy newsletters being produced alongside the National Housing Crisis Task Force, which will soon release a national policy agenda with recommendations that the federal government can implement to address our housing crisis .
The US Needs a National Housing Industrial Strategy

Oct 10, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

This is the third in a series of policy newsletters being produced alongside the National Housing Crisis Task Force, which will release a national policy agenda with recommendations that the federal government can implement to address our housing crisis later this month.
Federal housing policy that mobilizes resources and reduces barriers

Sep 26, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

This is the second in a series of policy newsletters being produced alongside the National Housing Crisis Task Force, which will release a national policy agenda with recommendations that the federal government can implement to address our housing crisis later this fall.
How does the federal government address the housing crisis?

Sep 12, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

This is the first in a series of policy newsletters being produced alongside the National Housing Crisis Task Force, which will release a national policy agenda with recommendations that the federal government can implement to address our housing crisis later this fall. If you want to make sure you receive all updates and reports from the Task Force, please register here. Housing is finally having its moment in the spotlight.
Downtowns and the New Economic Geography

Aug 8, 2024 | thenewlocalism.com | Bruce Katz |Ben Preis

Newsletter Versions of this newsletter were initially published earlier this year by Governing Magazine and Context MagazineFor 25 years, the rebound of central business districts has been a driving force in the rebirth of U.S. cities.That positive dynamic is now threatened as the rise of hybrid and remote work drives detrimental, domino-like effects on commercial real estate, small businesses, transit ridership, and municipal tax generation.