Housing

A short and simple "explainer" post makes sense of why there seems to be so little ground on affordable housing issues in expensive urban areas.

January 16, 2018 - Vox

New registration requirements have proven an effective disincentive for thousands of short-term rental hosts in San Francisco.

January 16, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

A new book describes segregation as a cycle of social structuring: segregation begets segregation.

January 16, 2018 - Pacific Standard

After years of rising rents D.C., 2017 brought a bump in new apartment supply and a dip in apartment rents around the city.

January 16, 2018 - Bisnow

In a region where most people “age in place,” facilities offering services and socialization give primary caregivers a much-needed break.

January 15, 2018 - The Texas Observer

This list is a wishlist of the most ambitious possible YIMBY political platform.

January 14, 2018 - Urbanize LA

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

January 12, 2018 - The Stranger

For the first time in four years, a quarterly survey indicates “market saturation in urban areas.”

January 11, 2018 - Builder

SB 827, announced last week by California State Senator Scott Wiener, would revoke density maximums, parking minimums, and set permissive height limits along transit corridors all over the state.

January 10, 2018 - Visualize Transit-Rich Housing

The population of Hawaii fell in 2017 for only the third time since 1959. High housing costs are likely to blame.

January 10, 2018 - The Washington Post

For the fifth year in a row, the number of Americans moving is down.

January 10, 2018 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

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

Highland Park, Michigan, a former hub of the auto industry, is looking for a massive redevelopment plan to revitalize the city.

January 9, 2018 - The Detroit Free Press

It's hard to get Section 8 vouchers, and getting a voucher doesn't guarantee you'll find a place that will take them. Almost half of voucher recipients can't find a landlord who’ll accept them.

January 9, 2018 - Market Place (NPR)

Joe Cortright presents the antidote to an emerging narrative about the shifting lifestyle preferences of young adults (i.e., Millennials).

January 8, 2018 - City Observatory

Curbed analysis of how local and regional housing markets will react to changes to the country's tax code.

January 8, 2018 - Curbed

The Trump Administration is gutting a key requirement of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule enacted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Obama Administration.

January 5, 2018 - The New York Times

Located primarily in the western states, some suburbs were hit hard by the 2008 recession and still haven't recovered. Many have seen an influx of low-income residents and upticks in crime.

January 5, 2018 - The Atlantic

Two new books chronicle the origin of U.S. policy on wildfire, the damage that policy has done, and why it’s unlikely to change any time soon.

January 4, 2018 - The New York Times

California State Senator Scott Wiener has established himself as one of the most ardent supporters of pro-housing policy in the state. His announcement this morning continued the theme.

January 4, 2018 - Medium