Housing

Climate change dominated the news this week, as flooding wreaked unfathomable havoc on the state of Louisiana.

August 20, 2016 - Planetizen

The federal government has decided that a policy recently approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors would have the exact opposite effect of its intentions.

August 19, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

African-Americans and Latinos lost huge amounts of wealth in the crisis. A Washington Post editorial writer asserts that all this loss of wealth is a positive, even though it affected low- and moderate-income and new buyers disproportionately.

August 19, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Townhouses have been growing like kudzu in Houston over the past few years as the uber-sprawling city has finally started to fill in and become more dense. Locals hate them, but there's beauty to be found in efficient land use.

August 18, 2016 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research: The Urban Edge

Several publications were reporting the expected defeat of a proposed development project in Manhattan this week. The 15-story project was the first private application of the city's new Mandatory Inclusionary Housing policy.

August 17, 2016 - Politico New York

Periodically in the affordable housing world, a few of us acknowledge that the vast majority of low-income people live in unsubsidized rentals in one- to four-unit buildings, and we wonder how to preserve and improve those units. Here is a way.

August 17, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

A "McMansion 101" post for those who wish to arm themselves with studied arguments against this popular style of residential construction.

August 16, 2016 - McMansion Hell

Former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan put out a call to action, so to speak, in the hopes of energizing younger Canadians to respond to the entrenched interests of older generations.

August 15, 2016 - The Province

The legal, and social, challenges to building more second units in Los Angeles.

August 14, 2016 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

It's not just New York and San Francisco—many professions don't offer enough wages to afford an apartment at today's prices.

August 14, 2016 - Housing Perspectives

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus was recently added to Mayor de Blasio’s sweeping zoning reform plan. But Gowanus also has plans of its own.

August 14, 2016 - New York Times

The Houston Chronicle investigates the Houston-Area real estate market, finding signs of the oil slump's effect on a formerly hot market.

August 13, 2016 - Houston Chronicle

There's plenty to talk about in a city where rents have increased by 51 percent since 2010.

August 12, 2016 - Publicola

As more constraints are put on cash outflows by the Chinese government, Chinese investors are slowing their spending spree on U.S. real estate.

August 12, 2016 - Bloomberg

The satirical site The Onion took a break from a busy week lampooning the Olympics to sets its sights on the tiny house movement.

August 12, 2016 - The Onion

The number of Americans living in multi-generational households is approaching levels not seen since the 1950s.

August 11, 2016 - Pew Research Center

A 660-acre Bay Area brownfield served by commuter and light rail is the latest battleground between suburban communities intent on preserving open space and quality of life and meeting the Bay Area's unmet housing demand.

August 11, 2016 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Vancouver has a new chief planner, and a former chief planner already has a to-do list for the new guy.

August 11, 2016 - Daily Hive

Responding to criticism from neighborhoods faced with new small lot developments, the city of Los Angeles in considering changes to its Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance.

August 11, 2016 - The Eastsider LA

The New Orleans City Council must still approve regulations for short-term rentals, but the Planning Commission has spoken.

August 10, 2016 - The Times-Picayune