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Rome’s Mayor Calls Housing a Human Right at U20 Summit with Mamdani
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (270+ words) Zohran Mamdani joined his Roman counterpart, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, and other local leaders from around the world on Sunday in addressing reporters gathered at the U20, a yearly summit of leaders from G20 countries’ cities. Founded in 2018, the yearly U20 summit ends with…...
Why ‘free’ employee housing can come with a tax bill
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (901+ words) Both the young and the old require care. It can be very difficult to find people outside the family to provide this care. The pay is low. The work is hard. The problem is likely to grow as the country…...
American Cities Need a New Strategy
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (1131+ words) Why the Creative Class and Global City concepts lost momentum—and what a replacement must deliver Urban theorist Richard Florida’s Creative Class model found its epicenter in Portland, Oregon, which prized good design, the outdoors, and a quirky, bohemian sensibility…...
Advocates rally against treatment of unhoused people outside Schenectady library
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (712+ words) Advocates rally outside the Hon. Karen B. Johnson Library in Schenectady on Friday, Sep. 18. Najee Walker, right, holds a sign that reads: "Sleeping is not a crime." Homeless people take refuge around the perimeter of the downtown library on Clinton Street…...
Oxford Street's homeless migrant camps
17+ hour ago (1764+ words) It's the UK's best-known and most enduringly popular shopping thoroughfare – a mile-long shop window for some of the world's biggest retail brands. But by night Oxford Street is increasingly being transformed into the sort of squalid slum more associated with…...
Berkeley swept a longtime homeless camp. Residents moved down the block.
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (822+ words) After nearly two years of court battles, Berkeley this week cleared much of one of its largest homeless encampments. Within days, at least one resident was back, and others had moved to neighboring streets. The court battle between homeless residents…...
Online map shows how suitable Guernsey homes are for solar panels
13+ hour, 28+ min ago (307+ words) An online map has been launched to help islanders understand how suitable their homes are for solar panels. The States of Guernsey said the map was colour-coded to show the amount of light that solar panels would receive on the…...
Connecticut homelessness rises for fifth consecutive year, state officials say
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (135+ words) Sep 19, 2026, 6:29 PM Connecticut's unhoused population has grown for the fifth consecutive year, pushing the state's emergency response system to its absolute limits. Among the nearly 4,000 unhoused residents is 48-year-old Jason Alterio of Bridgeport, a plumbing apprentice who has spent the…...
Lawless NYC homeless encampment near Intrepid grows to 12 blocks as locals plead for officials to step in
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (217+ words) A grotesque homeless encampment continues to expand on Manhattan’s West Side and now covers 12 city blocks with theft, drugs and prostitution flourishing in broad daylight Under new rules in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, the NYPD is no longer authorized to…...
Aspiration, dislocation and isolation in tough times
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (396+ words) The great Australian dream is still alive for many, but attaining it is proving hard, with many putting off or giving up on ever owning their own home....