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On Sept. 29, I've been asked by the Wasatch Front Regional Council and Land Use Institute to join a Zoom call (like I knew what those were a year ago? —no!) and be on a panel about affordable housing, the history of red lining in Utah and how old rules of overt discrimination against minorities have trickled down into housing trends today.
If you're lucky (or unlucky) enough to receive unemployment benefits from the State of Utah, hopefully you know that you also can apply for rental assistance through the Utah Department of Workforce Services/Homeless Prevention Plan.
According to the Indonesian Jakarta Post, the five most dangerous airports in the world are Lukla in Nepal (super short runway—1,729 feet long compared to the average airport landing strip of 7,000-8,000 feet); the Madeira in Portugal, known for its narrow runway and high sea winds; Courcheval International in France which has a slope to it and is only 537 meters long; Barra in Scotland because the runway is simply a beach; and the three ice runways at McMurdo Station in the Antarctic where it's often dark and pilots need night vision glasses to land. ABC News reports that the 10 scariest U.S. airports are Aspen/Pitkin County where pilots must be certified to land due to the swift decent from a high altitude; John Wayne in Santa Ana because pilots have extreme noise restrictions and must take off like a space shuttle; Midway in Chicago due to its short runways; Sitka-Rocky Gutierrez Airport in Alaska because it's mostly surrounded by water and boulders wash up on the tarmac all the time; Yeager in Charleston, West Virginia, because its short runway is located between two cliffs; San Diego International in California because pilots land downtown amid high-rises and often with strong tailwinds; LaGuardia in New York due to high traffic with jets often circling in low patterns waiting to land; Catalina (also in California) due to potholes in the runway and pilots having trouble seeing other planes around them; Telluride Regional in Colorado where "touch and go" landings are prohibited; and Regan National in Washington, D.C., where commercial pilots must maneuver through two no-fly zones over the Pentagon and CIA and, when taking off, must make a quick left turn so as not to crash into the White House.
As Congress battles over another pandemic bail-out bill, the CARES Act expires. For many, the $600 unemployment checks and the $1,200 relief check were great, but even better was the rental relief for tenants.
