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DC policymakers considering TOPA changes should understand the implications for owners and renters of two-to-four-unit rental buildings.
A tale of two cities: Why there is no “one solution” to combating spousal abuse Southeast Asia has high rates of domestic violence, but those designing interventions should not treat this region as a monolith.Can tearing down a vacant house make your neighborhood safer? According to a new analysis of Saginaw, Michigan, improving public safety can be as simple as turning vacant buildings into vacant lots.Where rents are driven by quality of public services, not proximity to transit Urban residents around the world know that living close to mass transit commands a price premium. But does this relationship hold true everywhere?How to solve America’s rental crisis as “worst case housing needs” grow A new report found that 8.3 million low-income households paid more than half their monthly income on rent or lived in severely substandard housing in 2015.Can we make the fear and hatred stop? We should do more to shed light on what empowers hatred, the structures that perpetuate division, and the consequences of fear and intimidation.Why the single-family rental merger won’t hurt homebuyers or renters In a $4.3 billion deal announced last week, two of the country’s largest landlords of single-family rentals agreed to merge.
