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Innovation when Good Planning Policy Has Become the Norm

Scott Doyon argues for a stripped-down, back-to-basics 'punk rock' approach to urban growth and development to replace the 'rock and roll' excesses of planning during the housing boom; and he profiles the new innovators who are doing just that.
5 February 2012 - 11:00am
PlaceShakers

'Unfathomable' Budget Cuts Deepen the Housing Crisis

The continuing recession and housing crisis are being further decimated by federal cuts to housing aid, according to The Nation.
1 January 2012 - 9:00am
The Nation
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Does Gentrification Need to be a Bad Word?

Gentrification has come to signify wealthier residents pushing lower-income residents out of a community, but gentrification also has some "undeniable upsides". Ward 8 in Washington D.C. offers a glimpse into how gentrification can aid a community.
28 December 2011 - 11:00am
Salon.com
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Charles Buki

Opportunities (and Mindfulness) of the Emerging HUD Blueprint

Mon, 05/18/2009 - 04:18

By any measure, the HUD that is now emerging from the shadows of eight years of amateur hour, is focused on the right things:  markets, coherent roles for public and private sector alike, and energy efficiency.  Indeed the emphasis on "urbanism" and "regionalism" illustrates that this administration "gets it".  

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A Public Housing Experiment Faces Problems

The Chicago Tribune examines what became of an ambitious city project, led by Mayor Daley, to revolutionize public housing. Private developers received public funding to tear down old projects and replace them with mixed-use neighborhoods.
9 July 2008 - 8:00am
The Chicago Tribune
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