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Side By Side: Revitalizing Urban Cores And Ensuring Residential Diversity, Andrea J. Boyack
Side By Side: Revitalizing Urban Cores And Ensuring Residential Diversity, Andrea J. Boyack
Chicago-Kent Law Review
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Freeing The City To Compete, James J. Kelly Jr.
Freeing The City To Compete, James J. Kelly Jr.
Chicago-Kent Law Review
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Living Tiny Legally, James G. Rollin
Living Tiny Legally, James G. Rollin
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Over the last 40 years, the average new United States house has increased in size by more than 1,000 square feet, from an average size of 1,660 square feet in 1973 (earliest year available from the Census Bureau) to 2,687 square feet last year (Perry, 2016). In that same time period, there was a 91% increase in home square footage per inhabitant and a decrease in average household size. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average home in the United States costs approximately $358,000 to build, an increase of roughly $200,000 since 1998. Meanwhile, the average annual income in …
Armed Response: An Unfortunate Legacy Of Apartheid, Leila Lawlor
Armed Response: An Unfortunate Legacy Of Apartheid, Leila Lawlor
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
After apartheid was repealed in South Africa, the country’s system of forced segregation officially ended. Vestiges of racial discrimination remain, however, including spatial segregation in housing, income inequality, and huge disparities in the government’s provisioning of basic services. The poorest of South Africa’s citizens live in peripheral communities, far from city centers and employment hubs. The poorest communities often lack safe streets and safe toilets. Whereas wealthier South Africans are able to pay private policing companies to provide armed security, those in the poorest of communities must live with regular fear of violent crime. The problem is compounded by a …
Affordable Housing, Zoning And The International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights: Some Lessons From The Spanish And South African Experiences, Juli Ponce
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
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Density, Affordable Housing And Social Inclusion: A Modest Proposal For Cape Town, Colin Crawford
Density, Affordable Housing And Social Inclusion: A Modest Proposal For Cape Town, Colin Crawford
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
No abstract provided.