Housing

The state has the distinction of being the least-affordable in the nation, according to a new report from the California Building Industry Association.

August 29, 2006 - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

While New Urbanism seems to have caught on in and around Atlanta, high home prices mean that the average homebuyer isn't benefiting.

August 29, 2006 - Pine Magazine

With the housing market softening, cities that have been witness to heavy speculation in trendy urban condos will suffer most.

August 28, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

With a slate of major new development projects, including the new Yankee Stadium, New York's Bronx borough is headed for a comeback after decades of decline and struggle.

August 28, 2006 - The New York Sun

A recent article in the Washington Post calls for drastic action from local communities and politicians in Washington to address the growing lack of affordable housing.

August 28, 2006 - The Washington Post

Some of the recent incentives to woo homebuyers in a slowing housing market sound more like automobile ads.

August 27, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Housing developments are threatening centuries-old agricultural land in Western North Carolina, but farmers are fighting off developers with the help of conservation easements.

August 26, 2006 - Mountain XPress

While New Orleans' economy struggles to return to its pre-storm levels, cities such as Mobile, Alabama are reaping the benefits of renewed economic vigor.

August 25, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

The right choice of words, stories and images can have a remarkable effect on how the public views affordable housing.

August 25, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

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.

August 25, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

As Los Angeles' old neighborhoods are scrubbed clean and the city begins to embrace density, gentrification is threatening the way of life for residents in many communities.

August 24, 2006 - LA Weekly

The housing boom that fueled the U.S. ecomony in recent years appears to be slowing down.

August 24, 2006 - BBC

The Aspen Lofts, a new condominium project planned for downtown Boise, is making use of what others would call wasted space.

August 23, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

Dramatic increases in foreclosures in California, Colorado, Las Vegas and Phoenix are being attributed to an "overwhelming use of creative mortgage products."

August 23, 2006 - Central Valley Business Times

Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become housing.

August 23, 2006 - Grist Magazine

Where people live has been shown to relate directly to how much they exercise, as well as to excessive child obesity and the increasing incidence of diabetes. Real estate developers are being held to blame for creating auto-reliant, unhealthy towns.

August 23, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Though the central city's numerous building cranes and new developments fueled population-gain assumptions, new government and regional estimates seem to confirm that intown Atlanta is experiencing a continuing renaissance.

August 21, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Immigration and gentrification is changing the composition of New York and its suburbs in a trend that reverses long-standing patterns of white flight from the city replaced by immigrant infill.

August 19, 2006 - The New York Times

A new report contains lessons for planners and other public officials who are concerned about recent public disasters.

August 19, 2006 - Fels Institute of Government

A blog releases a document it claims is a secret "new urban planning vision for New York City" developed by the consulting firm of Alex Garvin and Associates.

August 17, 2006 - Streetsblog