Housing
LA has no plan — or funding — to help unhoused people displaced by Olympics security efforts
City and county officials say they don't have the funds to offer housing to the up to 1,600 people that will be displaced by perimeters around event venues.
San Diego State intergenerational housing project will bring 250 homes for older adults to campus
The project is part of the university's Mission Valley campus that includes 4,600 housing units.
Less than 6% of California cities are building enough housing for very low-income households
Only five jurisdictions are on track to meet their housing goals for all income brackets.
Controversial Texas housing law has 'directly facilitated' over 1,250 new homes
SB 840 allows developers to build multifamily housing by-right on lots zoned for commercial use without applying to a zoning change.
Analysis: ROAD to Housing Act could take years to implement
HUD is tasked with implementing nine new rules as part of the ROAD to Housing Act — while operating with a significantly reduced staff.
80-unit affordable building is the first to open under LA's fast-track development program
The project was fast-tracked under an executive order issued by Mayor Karen Bass in late 2022.
Alexandria eviction diversion program will let tenants pay back rent in installments
Eligible tenants will be allowed to make a 10% down payment on the back rent they owe and pay off the rest in installments while remaining in their home.
Berkeley promised to build supportive housing in People's Park. Where is it?
More than two years after People's Park was cordoned off, there is no word on a timeline for a promised affordable housing project.
Just 17% of San Diego households can afford the city's $1M+ median home prices
The city is becoming increasingly unaffordable to prospective homebuyers.
Kentucky town targets housing crisis with modular homes on city lots
Covington is using modular housing to speed up construction and city-owned lots to lower the cost of real estate for affordable housing.
DC energy efficiency rule requires buildings to upgrade their infrastructure or face millions in fines
Building owners and condo co-op members say the upgrades are often prohibitively expensive.
80% of California homes built between 2020-2022 are in high fire risk areas
In 2020, California wildfires destroyed nearly a fifth of homes they came in contact with.
Move over, zoning. Housing’s unsung hero is better street design.
The physical layout of infrastructure is the quiet force that shapes housing supply.
Debate over proposed 800-unit tower in San Francisco reveals generational divide in the housing crisis
Residents of the Marina District are up in arms over a proposed housing development above a Safeway store.
Malibu and Pasadena residents will be able to build up to 4 units on fire-damaged properties
The two cities settled a lawsuit brought by a YIMBY group that challenged their ban on multifamily housing in fire-impacted areas.
A masterful, human-centered defense of rent control
Book Review: "Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land" offers a human look at how rent control is more than just numbers and data in a spreadsheet.
An unfinished West Hollywood building has been vacant so long, coyotes are now living in it
A construction site where work stopped in 2024 is now being dubbed 'coyote condos.'
Cleveland program has housed 200 people since 2024
The A Home For Every Neighbor initiative successfully moves people into housing in under two weeks.
Data center developer offers over $4M per acre to buy out homeowners
Data center builders are outbidding home builders for land, prompting concerns about competition with housing.
Jersey City could build 700 homes on city-owned parking lots
If approved, a redevelopment proposal would build hundreds of new homes on a pair of city parking lots.
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
