Daniel Kay Hertz
Daniel Kay Hertz is completing his graduate studies at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. He has written about urban demographics, neighborhood change, housing policy, and public transit for the City Observatory, Washington Post, CityLab, Next City, and other publications, as well as on his personal blog.
Market rate housing alleviates displacement, report says
We’ve known for a long time that housing shortages are a major driver of high housing prices—and that, as a result, places that prevent new construction also tend to have big affordability problems.
But now, for the first time that we’re aware of,...
Cities aren't a luxury good
For most of the 20th century, cities and their accoutrements were associated with immigrants, people of color, and relative economic deprivation. The very phrase “inner city” became a synonym of “poor,” and in certain contexts “urban” itself became...