Housing

In The Battle of Lincoln Park, Daniel Kay Hertz chronicles the gentrification of Lincoln Park, and shows how its residents displaced renters and the poor.

October 26, 2018 - Michael Lewyn

An inheritance tax benefit, along with Proposition 13, has resulted in lower tax rates passing down through generations and billions of dollars in lost tax revenue.

August 30, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Steven Vance argues that the city is missing an opportunity to zone for and create housing in and around the new Damen Green Line stop.

August 18, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced legislation that would tie federal funding to pro-development policies at the local level.

August 6, 2018 - The American Prospect

Trump’s tariffs on steel and other building materials are driving up building costs slowing development and pushing up rents.

July 28, 2018 - The Boston Globe

San Diego was identified for its failure to enact a Section 8 housing discrimination ordinance in a recent American Bar Association article. Poverty law attorney Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi explains the situation.

July 25, 2018 - UrbDeZine

A new service targeted at seniors buys homes, but lets the previous owner stay.

June 3, 2018 - Slate

Contract-for-deed mortgages, which don't give home buyers ownership of a home until they pay off the entire loan, are legal, but a lawsuit alleges the ones made by Harbour Portfolio Advisors violated the Fair Housing Act.

April 27, 2018 - The Atlantic

Coach houses could provide affordable housing and revenue for home owners if they were more widely permitted in the city.

April 21, 2018 - Chicago Cityscape

The Balboa Reservoir is the perfect spot for housing in San Francisco, Nicole Lindler argues, and the notion that it should remain a surface parking lot shows badly disordered priorities.

April 21, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Kate Wagner argues that moral arguments about what kind of architecture is fitting, can stand in the way of good planning.

April 19, 2018 - Common Edge

Though a handful of recent articles predicted "peak Silicon Valley," new numbers show the region is still producing lots of good jobs and attracting plenty of venture capital.

March 22, 2018 - Bloomberg View

We asked more than a dozen urban experts: How will cities gain or lose from the competition to host Amazon's second North American headquarters?

January 18, 2018 - Penn IUR Urban Link

Fort Lawton, an affordable housing proposal including over 200 units, got a warm reception at a meeting in Seattle.

January 12, 2018 - The Stranger

The median home value in Marin County is well over a million dollars, thanks in part to the county and its residents keeping low income housing and development out.

January 9, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

One common argument against new housing (especially in Manhattan) is that the city is "overcrowded."

December 6, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

Rejecting the common argument that cities can never be affordable because of high construction costs.

November 12, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

The Inland Empire's housing boom and economic growth are attracting plenty of new residents—especially millennials.

November 1, 2017 - The Planning Report

Vincent Reina, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow, writes about the current state of U.S. housing policy.

October 20, 2017 - Penn IUR Urban Link

Transit can be a vital resource for the homeless. In Los Angeles, where that population is growing, this is doubly true.

September 29, 2017 - Curbed Los Angeles