Land Matters Podcast
A behind the scenes look at what makes cities tick. Whether financing infrastructure, adapting to climate change, or building more affordable housing, a big part of innovative solutions can be traced back to land.
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As the US marks Juneteenth, self-described “death and dirt” attorney Mavis Gragg recounts efforts to secure title and reclaim legal ownership of Black-owned land, in the burgeoning field of heirs property.
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Episodes
Claudio Acioly helps explain the worldwide effort to improve conditions in fast-growing cities in the developing world, where one of four people live in slums.
In this episode, we’ve put together highlights and takeaways from the 2019 Journalists Forum (#WaterMeetsLand)—including the need to consider the central role of land use in the management of a dwindling resource. For further reading, see Water Planning in Land Lines.
In this episode, Randy Shaw, a San Francisco-based tenants advocate, talks about the multi-pronged efforts needed to confront the affordable housing crisis in cities nationwide.