What just happened? Jonas, a revolution in Switzerland, Flint and football. This week brings the annual homeless count, a Fed meeting and updates on the economy and the housing market, including the Redfin Housing Demand Index. And stop the presses: robots read newspapers.
The other census. The epic snow arrived just in time for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual census of the homeless, which begins today and will continue over the next two weeks. The New York City count, originally set for tonight, has been postponed to Feb 8. At this time last year, 564,708 people were homeless on a given night, nearly a fourth of them children.
Switzerland preps for revolution. The world’s big brains have wrapped up their annual retreat in the resort town of Davos, where they pondered the fourth industrial revolution. It’ll be good or bad, depending on whether you’re a robot.
“Low gas prices are a nightmare for cities.” Planners worry that cheap gas will encourage sprawl.

Fun with architects (and the NFL). Utopian Bjarke Ingels signs the ultimate capitalist client, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder. The Washington Post sums up the partnership: “Deeply embedded social progressivism” meets pro football, “a private club for 1 percenters that bullies municipalities and treats its own players’ health with indifference.”

Duplexes to the rescue. Out-of-fashion home styles like duplexes, bungalow courts and three-flats could be the answer to housing’s “missing middle“, says NextCity.
It’s not just Flint. While the city copes with lead in its drinking water, Bridge reminds readers that the effects of lead paint still plague other Michigan communities.
Did your paycheck get bigger? For the first time in more than a decade, nearly half of economists say their companies are boosting wages and salaries, the National Association of Business Economics says.
One sign of recovery. Property owners paid $527 billion in taxes in the year that ended in September, a $37 billion increase from the year earlier. That’s a 7.5 percent gain, the biggest since 2010, says the National Association of Homebuilders.
Bad-guy roundup, yee-hah! Virginia reaches a $63 million settlement with Goldman Sachs, Citi and nine other banks over mortgage bonds they sold to state pension funds.

Wal-Mart conquered. Now it’s packing up. All those shuttered main streets across America are now even more distressing, Bloomberg reports.