A hard-fought deal to use national parkland in Brooklyn for an emergency shelter for migrants is being challenged in court by a group of bipartisan lawmakers.
Tag: Land Use Policies
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How the Dream of Building a California City From Scratch Got Started
A former Goldman Sachs trader moved to the Bay Area to make it in tech. He ended up buying rural land with money from some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest people.
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A California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.
Tech industry investors spent roughly $900 million buying land to build a dream city in a rural part of the Bay Area. It could be years, though, before they can do anything with it.
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Jair Candor Tracks Brazil’s Amazon Tribes From the Shadows
Jair Candor combs the forest for Indigenous people who want no contact with outsiders. The goal: to prove they exist so their land can be legally protected.
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A D.C. Suburb Finds a Creative Answer to America’s Housing Shortage
Montgomery County, Md., like many places, has an affordable housing crisis. So it started acting like a benevolent real estate investor.