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Barcelona to ban Airbnb-style short-term apartment rentals. Will other cities follow?

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Barcelona to ban Airbnb-style short-term apartment rentals. Will other cities follow?

“Our housing emergency obliges us, forces us, to change the way we do things and to put the priority on housing above our policies for accommodating tourists,” Bonet says. A block of flats whose residents are at risk of eviction to make way for short-term rental apartments. The banner brings attention to “violent harassment” and … Read more

Calif. city Lancaster chose people over cars in its downtown. Did it work?

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Calif. city Lancaster chose people over cars in its downtown. Did it work?

Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins.  The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more