Thanks to Claudia Aiken and Will Viederman with the NYU Furman Center for this clear rundown of the multiyear effort to address housing and equity challenges through zoning reform here in Charlottesville, Virginia. "it is highly comprehensive, incorporating a wide variety of policy levers that other cities have considered to increase housing density and affordability" https://localhousingsolutions.org/housing-policy-case-studies/charlottesville-virginias-path-to-equitable-zoning-reform/ #zoning #housing #equity #cville #ComprehensivePlan #displacement #inflation

“This is the work of my adult life,” Mr. Lander said in an interview. “I will be the best-prepared housing mayor.” #NYC #zoning #housing #shortage #inflation #displacement #GiftArticle https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/nyregion/brad-lander-housing-plan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.9x7s.RZ5p0jzFXTR8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I just completed a longish rant / spiel on my blog for those interested.

https://flavigula.net/static/blog/1738713600.html
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Comments welcome.

https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2025/01/25/no-way-to-address-housing-crisis-says-county-that-makes-building-housing-impossible/ “Housing prices are sky-high, rents are unaffordable, and young people are fleeing the area. But what more can we do? We’ve already said we care.” #housing #satire #zoning #shortage #inflation #displacement

https://www.governing.com/urban/despite-housing-shortage-denver-puts-brakes-on-dense-development “The most equitable approach to solving our housing supply shortage is a citywide upzone” #denver #housing #zoning #shortage #inflation #displacement #equity

https://www.29news.com/2025/01/09/remote-work-helping-drive-wealthy-families-dc-area-charlottesville-region/ “That’s always been the real tension point in the region, is trying to figure out how to manage growth…It is an attractive area historically, but one of the ways it’s been managed is simply by having high housing prices, and that limits people from staying in the area” #displacement #cville #housing #shortage #retirement #zoning #homelessness

There was a Sentinel-1 scene capture some hours after the Vanuatu earthquake yesterday, so I went to create an interferogram using ASF's on-demand Vertex service from an image pair (2024-12-05 to 2024-12-17). Estimates range from about 5cm of subsidence to 10cm of uplift.

Processed InSAR product files can be downloaded from
https://d3gm2hf49xd6jj.cloudfront.net/c03a1054-506b-4405-a7a8-7087dd0626ab/S1AA_20241205T071348_20241217T071347_VVR012_INT40_G_weF_D415.zip (expires in 14 days). See https://hyp3-docs.asf.alaska.edu/guides/insar_product_guide/#image-files for details on what each file refers to.

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-residents-want-city-leaders-to-find-another-neighborhood-for-a-low-barrier-shelter/ “Wherever it’s going to be, it’s going to be safe, and we’re going to protect the community” #cville #homelessness #housing #displacement #parks

North Gaza: Israel destroys the last collapsing #hospital to complete forced #displacement of all Palestinians.

Palestinian territory - Israel is systematically closing hospitals in northern Gaza through direct military targeting, a suffocating siege, and the killing, injuring, and arresting of patients, wounded individuals, and medical personnel. This is part of an ongoing crime of forced displacement against all Palestinian residents of northern Gaza.

Early this morning, Israeli occupation forces resumed military assaults on civilians in Beit Lahia, conducting deadly raids on homes and streets before encircling Kamal Adwan Hospital, which remains partially operational, along with two other hospitals in northern Gaza.

Press release: euromedmonitor.org/a/6562
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow @palestine @israel

https://www.whro.org/virginia-center-for-investigative-journalism/2024-12-04/20241204-uprootedcommission “under just one federal program between 1959 and 1966, roughly 8,000 families of color across the country were removed from their homes for college and university expansions” #virginia #highered #displacement #segregation #equity

"As a Palestinian, one of the things you inherit is the haunting, pervasive fear of losing your home without prior notice.

You are constantly trying to protect your past, present and future, perpetually on edge, always bracing for the possibility of having to flee at any moment"
Gazan journalist Maha Husseini writes about constant forced displacement and the importance of clinging to those few items that still mean home.

#Gaza #Displacement #Israel

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/2/unspoken-bonds-gazas-forcibly-displaced-and-the-homes-they-yearn-for?traffic_source=rss

“GAZA LIVE BLOG: 250,000 Displaced in 72 Hours | Al-Qassam’s ‘Tight Ambush’ | Israel Bombs School – Day 325”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff @palestinechron@bird.makeup

@palestine
@israel

“The Deir Al-Balah municipality said in a statement that 250,000 people were forcibly displaced within 72 hours, while 25 shelters were put out of service”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-250000-displaced-in-72-hours-al-qassams-tight-ambush-israel-bombs-school-day-325/

This video resonates with me & my family a lot. However, our family's experience as #Teochew #WarRefugees, leaving Saigon, was a lot more nightmarish & much more violent than this Mom's experience. One of my Aunties had joined the Vietcong as a medic & communications officer, after quitting her job as an ICU nurse & lived in tunnels for several years. We also had no family or friends who were already living in North America so trying to integrate into life here was more challenging.

I can understand everything they say in Teochew. There's only a few words they say differently than we do - I'll do a video with my Mom soon to point out the differences. They speak a form of Teochew #diaspora in Vietnam, that most of us #Gaginang refer to as #Vietnam villagers Teochew. We speak the Teochew that #Saigon gaginang used since early #displacement from #China years back(a long, long time ago).

https://youtu.be/GymTavOd2vU?si=4rtnL-P01O5xTSEK

https://www.kqed.org/news/11996229/berkeley-first-city-to-sanctify-single-family-zoning-considers-historic-reversal-allowing-small-apartments “Over time, seeing housing prices continue to skyrocket, seeing increased homelessness and people living in encampments on our streets, people living in RVs and the worsening climate emergency,” Arreguin said, “I came to the realization that the status quo is not working” #berkeley #zoning #housing #shortage #segregation #displacement #inflation #homelessness #climate

Despite #BCNDP saying they’ve stopped #renovictions in #BritishColumbia they’re still very much happening. After a ruling from the Residential Tenancy Branch #RTB dozens of #Esquimalt #seniors are being kicked out in four months for the new owners to do renovations.

Many of the #renters being displaced are #LowIncome, either on #disability or a #FixedPension. As a result, most of them can’t afford market rent, and fear they could be homeless.

Because the new owner is doing renovations, not a total demolition, Esquimalt’s #Tenant Assistance Policy isn’t triggered. Any stronger policy is the #BCgovernment jurisdiction.

“It’s time for the provincial government to actually stop this from happening. If they really want to stop renovictions, then they need to change the laws,” said Douglas King, executive director of #TogetherAgainstPovertySociety.

King says what’s needed is a BC-wide #TenantAssistance #policy to better #ProtectTenants facing #displacement, but also to prevent #taxpayers from paying for the consequences down the line.

https://www-cheknews-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cheknews.ca/rtb-approves-esquimalt-renoviction-tenants-call-on-province-for-stronger-safety-net-1214699

#Gaza: Multiple #strikes kill dozens near #UN #aid #hub as thousands flee fighting https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/07/1152171

Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from a humanitarian hub, UN agencies said on Tuesday, as thousands continue to face #displacement amid the ongoing #war.

#Submission from #CJPME to MP Matthew Green’s #Nakba Bill #Initiative, authored by Lena El-Malak, PhD, LLM; Nadia Abu-Zahra, PhD; Michael Bueckert, PhD; and Alex Paterson, MA.

It includes #recommendations for how #CanadianGovernment can acknowledge this #historical #injustice & its own role in the #EthnicCleansing of #Palestinians & take steps to combat #Canadian #complicity in ongoing #Israeli policies of #erasure, #displacement & #dispossession.

https://www.cjpme.org/pp_2024_04_nakba

Another urgent request from the Maasai of Tanzania to sign and/or SHARE the petition "Tanzania: Stop the eviction of the Maasai". It has been running since 2022 and initially seemed successful: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/maasai_evictions_sg_loc

Current appeal [slightly shortened]:
"In a matter of days, 27,000 Maasai could lose their ancestral land! Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to clear the Maasai homeland for #safaris and trophy hunting in the hope of immense profits. A few years ago, 3 million signatories stood up for the Maasai - and the president at the time listened to us. Now they are asking for support again."