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NEW: Booz Allen Hamilton plans HQ move from Tysons to Reston | FFXnow
The mystery tenant who sought a pedestrian bridge to connect developer Comstock Companies' new Reston Row office buildings has been revealed. Federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton announced today (Mo...
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Move beyond.
www.politico.com
Trump administration policy change makes deep cuts to homeless permanent housing program
More than half of the 2026 funding for the program will be shifted from permanent housing to transitional housing with work and service requirements.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social
"She does not own a car." In a way, this is actually quite funny, but mostly, the people who write this stuff would go apoplectic if anyone judged their life the way they judged other people's.
www.sfchronicle.com
Los Angeles desperately needs new housing. So why are its politicians still fighting SB79?
OPINION: “By halting the development of new homes and fighting the state’s attempts to reform zoning, L.A. officials risk repeating mistakes from the past,” Justin Ray writes.
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Oregon groups: Trump’s overhaul will worsen homeless crisis
New rules for a federal homeless housing program require people get treatment if they want housing — a big departure from the past
Dana Cotton@danalikesbikes.bsky.social
Trying to start a morning reading habit. Mollie is not helping.
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Less parking, more housing: New Bedford City Council to take up zoning proposals - The New Bedford Light
The ordinances, going before the council Nov. 20, would reduce the amount of parking required for new developments and make it easier to build on small vacant lots.
Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation. Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs. www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Tarnado, Area Grill Dad@tarnado.bsky.social
Hey! Let's not round 0.4% of all crashes in Seattle - which were fatality crashes, where someone or some people died - down to zero! Let us also pretend we have heard of 'significant digits!'
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Escalating Costs Could Push Sound Transit to Reconsider Two Infill Stations » The Urbanist
# Long promised and approved by voters in 2016, the cost to build two deferred light rail stations in Seattle and Tukwila has jumped by more than two-thirds in just a few short years. The two projects...
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social
Fed's Waller: The affordability of housing and cars poses an ongoing challenge for consumers, weighing on spending growth.
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