The Baltimore Sun
Matching Affordable Housing Availability To Need
In Baltimore, a recent report has called for increasing housing density and decreasing building restrictions to reduce the gap between the need for and the availability of affordable housing.
A Call To Plan For Wildlife
This opinion piece from the Baltimore Sun calls on the province to shift its planning priorities to include all of its residents, not just the humans.
Baltimore Looks To Increase Affordable Housing
The Baltimore City Council is pushing forward on a comprehensive plan for the city to create more affordable housing.
Do Maryland Residents Want More Density?
The results of a recent statewide growth visioning exercise show a continuing desire to reign in sprawl by focusing development in urban areas along transit lines.
Anti-Sprawl Law Revised To Encourage Sprawl
Revision to a Maryland state homebuying assistance program is catching some resistance from smart growth advocates as changed language seems to go against the original anti-sprawl intent.
Maryland Sewage Treatment Tax Is Green Light For Developers
A Maryland statewide tax that provides communities with funding to improve sewage treatment facilities has been used as an excuse to increase sprawling development.
Growth Makes Town A City
The town of Columbia, Maryland, is on the verge of transforming into a full-blown city. Pushing a broad redevelopment plan, officials are trying to ease the transition while some residents resist.
Developers Offer Incentives To Lure Buyers
Some of the recent incentives to woo homebuyers in a slowing housing market sound more like automobile ads.
U.S. Housing Market Tumbles Further
A two and a half year low in sales of existing homes and buyers' holding out for better deals are just a few signs of the accelerating tumble in housing markets.
A Battle For Open Space In Maryland
50 acres of woodland are up for sale in Maryland, and while a developer has scoped the land as a good site for 25 homes, local residents are pressuring local and state officials to employ a little-used open space funding program to buy up the land.
Maryland Housing Market Shows Signs Of Cooling
Following closely behind Northern Virginia and Washington DC, condo conversions in Baltimore are now halted.
Baltimore Headed For A Housing Shortfall
The slow reaction to job growth in many Maryland counties jobs may lead to a critical housing shortage.
Trees Over Houses: A Critique Of Smart Growth
Citing high housing prices in cities with strong growth control policies, one author argues that the smart growth movement seems to place more value on open space than people and their preferred housing choices.
Tiny Maryland Town Wants Smart Growth
With less than 300 residents, the town of Vienna, Maryland, has been grappling with the idea of growth for years. The town's mayor is now supporting a plan that will let the town grow, but not explode.
From Once Rural Towns To New Outer Suburbs
Maryland's eastern shore is trying to cope with new growth spreading out from Washington and Baltimore.
What Should Maryland Look Like In 2030?
Involving hundreds of stakeholders, a set of four workshops in different parts of the state hopes to create a blueprint for regional growth.
U.S. Government Approves 'Highway Of Opportunity' In D.C. Suburbs
The federal government has granted permission for construction of Maryland's Intercounty Connector (ICC) outside the nation's capitol.
An Inner-City Development Visionary
Richard Baron and McCormack Baron Salazar have big plans for a troubled Baltimore neighborhood.
Has Maryland's Growth Management Law Exacerbated Sprawl?
Researchers study the effectiveness of growth management laws in the Smart Growth pioneer state.
Google, Craigslist Do Real Estate
The internet giants have begun offering a range of listing services that could endanger realtor's domination of the market.
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