This week in our round-up of must-read posts: At the federal level, President Biden and Vice President Harris are making their housing policy cases to the American public as the president, and presidential candidate, respectively. At the local level, residents of Prince George's, Montgomery, and Arlington Counties: officials need YOU to weigh in on upcoming zoning changes and big-picture visions. In Baltimore, the primary results spell big change and a progressive shift for Charm City -- with good news for urbanists. And across the pond in Vienna, Austria, one writer logs some lessons for DC.

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How Biden/Harris plans could boost housing affordability across the US
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by Casey Quinlan (Virginia Mercury) • August 21, 2024

Proposals from the Biden/Harris administration aim to address housing supply, rent increases, and barriers to building. Grants, incentives to local jurisdictions, and loan application fixes are parts of the package.
Do Something: The week of August 19, 2024
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by Dan Reed (Regional Policy Director), Alex Baca (DC Policy Director) • August 22, 2024

This week on Do Something: an endorsement from Michelle Obama, sort of; supporting more and more affordable homes in Montgomery and Prince George's counties; and tell Arlington about the future.
Springtime in Baltimore? What the 2024 elections mean for urbanist issues
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by Alex Holt (Contributor) • August 20, 2024

It’s hard for challengers to defeat Baltimore City Council’s incumbents most years; in 2020 all eight city councilmembers facing opponents won reelection. But this year, three incumbents went down. Voters favored candidates who took strong positions on urbanist issues, over those who didn't.
Nine things in Vienna we should copy in DC
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by Vince Morris • August 19, 2024

See something on your summer vacation you'd like to bring back home? Here are nine things that Vienna does 'greater' than DC and other cities in the Washington region, and why they should be copied.



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