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Money Grows on Trees and Affordable Housing is Easy, Right?
“This is a case of collective amnesia and it’s not a good omen.” Local news is abuzz about the Serenity Apartments in the City of Larkspur. The project is now in... … more »
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CVP
Paradigm Shift – Part II: Housing Un-affordability May Be Just Beginning?
Karl Marx famously wrote, "Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains." In the mid-1700s, when the Industrial Revolution began, app... … more »
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SFMTA
The "Nanny State" goes too far
Growing up in New York City, where the art of dodging cars rises to the level of an Olympic sport, the thing that is drilled into every child’s head is, “Look both... … more »
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Marin Post
Tariffs – A Many-Edged Sword - Revised and Corrected 11/18/24
There is a great deal of “news” these days about slapping tariffs on just about everything being imported into the U.S. But, a great deal of what we’re hearing is... … more »
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RIA
Unaffordability – Part III
This is a follow-on to “Paradigm Shift: Rethinking Housing Affordability” and “Addressing the Infill, Low-Income Housing Challenge with Private Capital & the 1... … more »
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Lab111.nl
Will AI Replace Us?
Unless you’ve been living on another planet, you’ve been bombarded with news, commentary, social media, and whatever about artificial intelligence (AI) ever si... … more »
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HUD
Addressing the Infill, Low-Income Housing Challenge with Private Capital & the 1031 Exchange Law
The “Holy Grail” of affordable housing is small-scale, infill, low-income-serving development located near vital public services, employment opportunities, essenti... … more »
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HUD
Comments on "Paradigm Shift"
Granted, all of us are looking for answers and none of us has a magic bullet to address the current challenges regarding housing affordability, but history sho... … more »
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20BillionReasons
The Colossal Collapse of the Regional Measure 4 Boondoggle
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) was created by the California State Legislature in 2019. Its stated purpose is to administer programs and projects i... … more »
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Bloomberg News
Can we really tax wealth and unrealized gains?
It might surprise many people to know that very wealthy people pay a lot of taxes. In California, for example, it's estimated that the top 1% of taxpayers ... … more »