{"421061":{"#nid":"421061","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Professor Ross discusses benefits of transit access for housing affordability","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In many cities, transit enters a neighborhood, and housing prices rise,\u0022 writes Dr. Catherine Ross, Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development and professor of city and regional planning at Gerogia Tech. \u0022These rising prices are encouraging because they demonstrate that transit is providing a service that people want\u2014a service that they\u2019re voting for with their feet and their pocketbooks. But while price increases help property owners and schools, they typically aren\u2019t helpful to renters and low-income residents,\u0022 she continues. \u0022Living near transit saves on transportation costs so that money can be used for housing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27820","created_gmt":"2015-07-02 13:38:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:35","author":"Angelika Braig","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"american university rankings","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.zocalopublicsquare.org\/2015\/06\/20\/can-more-public-transportation-solve-the-housing-crisis\/ideas\/up-for-discussion\/#Catherine+Ross","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"102611":{"id":"102611","type":"image","title":"Dr. Catherine Ross","body":null,"created":"1449178174","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:34","changed":"1475894723","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:23"}},"media_ids":["102611"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"808","name":"CQGRD"},{"id":"132061","name":"housing accessibility"},{"id":"132071","name":"housing prices"},{"id":"126451","name":"low income"},{"id":"488","name":"transit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}