Moves by Minneapolis
Land Matters
English - September 30, 2019 18:49 - 35 minutes - 33.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsNews Government affordablehousing urbanplanning climatechange infrastructure landuse propertytax Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Minneapolis may seem like an unlikely place for the start of a revolution. But as City Councilor Lisa Bender explains, the Midwestern city has passed some of the most progressive housing policies and zoning reforms in the country. The measures, including banning single-family-only zoning, are based on one important idea: that when local government changes the rules of the game to allow more building, the public should get something back in the form of more affordability.