CityLab Daily: The stalled miracle of "Yes in God's Backyard" trib.al/LR2H8jI via @citylab

A clever concept to turn old coal plants into solar generating sites and parks/nature reserves took a big step forward in Michigan. For Fast Company , I looked at the beginnings of what could be a big series of such developments fastcompany.com/91197521/this-…

Tenants have authorized the first-ever coordinated rent strikes across federally-financed properties. The strikes target the landlords and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator. The tenants demand national rent caps, new ownership, bargained leases.

Had not seen a map with data centers as % of power consumption

Public transit is on the ballot in November all around the country. Cities from Nashville to San Diego are deciding whether to increase local taxes to fund transportation projects. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-b…

Hurricane Helene, and now Milton, will wreck havoc, especially for renters, who face increased odds of post-storm evictions. A new disaster-triggered eviction moratorium seeks to protect tenants in our era of climate/housing risk. My latest for Bloomberg CityLab bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hi friends! I shared a rare live version of Running of me on piano and voice for this amazing compilation to raise funds for the people in the city i live in (Asheville) and Western North Carolina and so did many many more people support and amplify! and thank u❣️

The growth of natural disasters has underscored the need for a new cadre of housing policy and rental protections. But in many climate vulnerable regions, state lawmakers have rolled back laws aimed at keeping tenants housed via @CityLabs' Patrick Sisson buff.ly/4dFAyJ3

The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly. For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

The city of Oakland has a chance to do the funniest thing of all time

NEW: Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments. 1/ texasobserver.org/dallas-hero-in…

In talks w/architects, property managers & more, it becomes obvious that the slow toil of climate change—heat stress, water damage, mold—will have significant costs & slowly wreck homes, offices & cities. My latest for Bloomberg CityLab bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

"Buildings constructed & maintained for one climate scenario are rapidly finding themselves experiencing another one,” writes Patrick Sisson. This is one of the reasons the U.S. government is adopting a systems approach to resilient infrastructure: mcc.gov/resources/doc/…

Puerto Rico's power grid is decrepit and unreliable. Frustrated residents are looking for alternatives—and finding a host of cash-hungry solar salesmen sherwood.news/world/puerto-r…

I wrote about how child care centers are struggling to find affordable liability insurance as companies are increasingly leaving the child care market. One center's policy was dropped over minor dings like a missing pair of tweezers in the first aid kit: hechingerreport.org/surging-insura…

One of his more interesting rabbit holes - the niche media bit was catnip

Five years, 2,500 trees, and $740 million later, a gleaming Notre Dame Cathedral is reopening to the public in Paris. We talked to the team behind the epic restoration. f-st.co/tyQgHFb