In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about how street vendors in New York stand as a model for self-regulating communities, the housing industry seeing a new approach to address homelessness, and the installation of a transgender bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Self-legislating street vendors set an example in New York
When vendors in Queens, in the absence of enforcement agents, started self-governing during Covid, it gave a glimpse of how public areas could look like in the future.
Funded by an affordable housing bond passed in the country, the town of Santa Clara sees a 361-unit complex that can produce its own agricultural commodity.
A variety of fruits and vegetables are grown in this culturally diverse community, including specialty crops from the community’s diverse cultures in an effort to ensure food equality.