DUSP in the Media: February 2024
Workmen labor at a residential construction site at Brunswick Landing on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Credit: Troy R. Bennett for the Bangor Daily News
Bangor Daily News, “Maine is leading New England in housing production, but it isn’t enough”
Jeff Levine offers insights on housing production and zoning reform efforts in Maine and New England in Zara Norman’s article. More…
NPR’s Marketplace, “More than 20 states ring in the new year with a higher minimum wage”
Amy Glasmeier joins Nancy Marshall-Genzer to discuss the increases in minimum wage at the start of 2024 and the gap between those wages and the costs to cover workers’ basic needs. More…
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Morning Show, “New homeless shelter in Menomonie, Journalist examines her cousin’s murder, Where to put solar farms”
Lawrence Susskind discusses some of the reasons conflicts arise in the siting of solar energy facilities with Kate Archer Kent. More…
New York Times Opinion, "Domicide: The Mass Destruction of Homes Should Be a Crime Against Humanity"
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, with text and photos by Yaqeen Baker, writes an opinion piece for the New York Times arguing against the systematic destruction of homes and neighborhoods in armed conflicts. More...
Boston Globe Opinion, "New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do better"
Writing for The Boston Globe, Carlo Ratti addresses New York’s congestion pricing plan – an attempt to prevent traffic build up and improve public transportation – and ways Boston can develop a similar and more effective policy. More...
GBH News, “Could opposition to the MBTA Communities Act derail state efforts to rein in housing costs?”
Gautam Mukunda hosts Jesse Kanson-Benanav, Lisa Alexander, and Jeff Levine to discuss the housing affordability in the state of Massachusetts as well as how and why the MBTA Communities Act could help rein in housing costs. More…