Housing
Zillow Deleted Climate Risk From California Listings. This Climate Expert Wants to Bring it Back.
While difficult to estimate for individual homes, experts argue that home buyers should have access to data about flood and wildfire risk, extreme heat, and other climate hazards in the area.
Housing Justice Orgs in 9 States Join Forces
Bridge to Power aims to boost partner organizations’ capacity, information exchange, and agency.
Commentary: Growth Without Affordable Housing Requirements is “Hard-wiring Segregating Into the Future”
Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the full picture.
AirBnb Commits Empty Los Angeles Listings for Emergency Housing Within 24 Hours of Future Disasters
The company’s nonprofit arm formalized an agreement to offer free housing to residents after disasters.
Study Links Medical Debt to 44% Higher Risk of Housing Instability
People with medical debts are more likely to have trouble paying rent or face eviction.
Historically Affordable West Virginia, Minnesota Saw Highest Jumps in Rents
The states typically known for their affordability saw some of the biggest increases in housing costs in the last year.
HUD Plans to Kill Key Fair Housing Rule
The department issued a proposal to eliminate the disparate impact rule, a cornerstone of some discrimination rulings under the Fair Housing Act.
1960s Salt Lake City Tower Transformed Into 217 Luxury Housing Units
The new Seraph building may herald a new era of adaptive reuse in downtown Salt Lake City.
Affordable HOMES Act Removes DOE Oversight From Manufactured Housing, Claims it Will Drop Prices by $10K
A bill that passed the U.S. House would put regulations for manufactured housing, including energy standards, solely under the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Atlanta Pledged to Build or Preserve 20K Affordable Homes by 2030. It’s More than Halfway There
The city is reducing zoning and permitting barriers to building more affordable housing.
Senate Bill Calls for National Housing Emergency
If passed, the bill could trigger the use of the Defense Production Act to speed up production of construction materials.
Trump to Ban Corporate Buyers of Single-family Homes
The President said in a Truth Social post, “people live in homes, not corporations.”
Chicago Breaks Ground on Vacant Lots Sold for $1 to 'Rebuild Middle-class Housing.'
The city’s Missing Middle Infill Housing program supports development in distressed neighborhoods.
Tampa Awards 60% of Tampa Infill Housing Program Lots to Black Builders
The program encourages private-public partnerships that develop new, attainably priced housing on vacant and blighted lots.
“Multi-gen Floor Plans” and More: How Builders are Responding to the Multigenerational Housing Boom
After a decade-long decline, more Americans are living with parents, grandparents, and extended family, calling for new home designs and living arrangements.
Palo Alto Councilors Propose Law to Curb Billionaire Buy-ups Amid Uproar Over Zuckerberg Compound
Mark Zuckerberg has bought 11 homes, building a massive compound with a private school and heavy security patrols.
Planetizen’s Top Posts of 2025
The most-read articles on Planetizen in 2025.
New Maine Database Will Track Housing Growth
A new state law requires municipalities to submit records comparing housing permits and completed units for each year since 2010.
Small Connecticut Town Approves Controversial 96-Unit Apartment Complex
Just 1.4 percent of housing in the affluent enclave of Woodbridge qualifies as affordable.
Over 4,000 Maui Short-Term Rentals in Limbo as County Weighs Next Steps
A new bill will phase out roughly 7,000 vacation rentals, but a proposal to exempt as many as 4,500 stalled in the county council.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
