Housing
Nashville Wrestles With Issue Of Low-Income Housing
While programs for moderate-income first-time homebuyers are popular with residents, support for low-income rental housing remains low.
Housing That Works For Everybody
In the first large scale residential building to incorporate universal design principles, integration of disabled residents and mixed income households are keys to success.
Las Vegas Could See Shipping Container Homes Soon
A local architect and developer is making plans to provide affordable homes using recycled steel shipping containers.
Good Times Threaten Community Development Corporations
Community development corporations were created about a generation ago to build housing in impoverished neighborhoods of New York City where private developers had given up. Now that these areas are flourishing, these CDCs face an uncertain future.
Are Speculative Home Buyers To Blame For Housing Market Rollercoaster?
Naples, Florida is a "poster child" for the speculative frenzy that helped drive up housing costs in the Sunshine State and elsewhere. New research indicates a higher level of speculative buying in the U.S. than previously thought.
Boats or Floating Trailer Park?
"Aqua Lodge" houseboats docked at a marina are houses according to Virginia state agencies. But they are boats according to the Tennessee manufacturer.
The Most Expensive City For Housing In Eastern Europe
Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is widely believed to be the most expensive city in which to buy a house in eastern Europe. Prices have seen a major surge in the last few years, with some prices increasing by up to 25% in the last two months.
Northern Virginia Counties Move To Slow Growth
Anti-growth sentiment has led to new building moratoriums in the suburbs around Washington D.C., but they only serve to drive up home prices and keep out middle income families.
Marketing Downtown Living In Pittsburgh
The city has several new high-rise condo projects on the way, but with prices out of reach of many workers, some wonder if there's enough of a market to bring more people downtown.
Cities Change Rules To Encourage Higher Density
In Massachusetts, some cities are changing their zoning rules and restrictions, encouraging more developers to building higher density "cluster" developments in traditionally low-density areas.
A Density Too High
A traditional neighborhood development planned near St. Petersburg, Florida, is having trouble getting approved because its proposed density is twice as high as the city wants to allow.
London Tops New York For Pricey Housing
Home prices in the British capital have made London the most expensive place to buy a home, supplanting New York City.
Iraq's Housing Crisis
Many Iraqi families have struggled to find safe, decent and affordable shelter since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.
Do Poor Neighborhoods Keep People Poor?
Studies tracking subjects in HUD's Moving to Opportunity program have shown surprising results. While girls thrive and adults feel safer after moving to more affluent neighborhoods, boys actually fare worse. And incomes don't rise.
Smaller House Equals Smaller Price
Several cities in the Pacific Northwest are encouraging the construction of smaller homes to help deal with the shortage of affordable housing.
The Fight Over Public Housing In New Orleans
Concerned that promised replacement housing will never materialize, displaced residents and low-income housing advocates are fighting the planned demolition of the city's public housing projects.
City Bouts With COG Over Housing Allocation
The Southern California city of Simi Valley is opposing recommendations from a regional association of governments that suggest the city should increase its housing stock. The city council sees the increase as unrealistic, citing a lack of land.
Taking Workforce Housing Seriously
The wide range of housing prices in a Milwaukee suburb -- offering affordability for all -- is no accident.
Another Day At The Office
In London, a housing crunch is creating a new trend of converting old office spaces into housing. The majority of the city's new housing developments are actually old office spaces.
Lowering the Bottom Line
From city, neighborhood, block to building-scales, Stephen Mouzon offers ideas to offset high housing costs and economic segregation.
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 Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
