Housing

The South Korean government has announced plans to create at least one new town and to increase the size of older cities, hoping to decrease the population density and increase the housing supply.

October 24, 2006 - The Dong-A Ilbo

While all eyes are on the potential housing bubble bursting, apartment rents are rising, over ten times more rapidly than home prices are falling in the Bay Area.

October 21, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

"A decent place to live" may top holiday lists this shopping season.

October 21, 2006 - New Urban News

Americans are buying second homes in Paris.

October 20, 2006 - The New York Times

Grants, contributions, a collaboration with the Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America, open minds, and tight budgets are helping Habitat for Humanity raise its design standards.

October 20, 2006 - New Urban News

An international design competition based in Virginia has yielded the first 'cradle-to-cradle' housing, made of sustainable materials able to be used and reused with no loss of quality and limited environmental impact.

October 20, 2006 - Grist

For decades Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village has provided some of the most affordable housing in Manhattan. However, the completion of a $5.4 billion dollar real estate deal, the largest in American history, has residents worried about the future.

October 19, 2006 - The New York Times

Golden Boy Partners aims to produce affordable housing for working class neighborhoods in L.A.

October 18, 2006 - The New York Times

As part of monthly series, we present a summary and analysis of some of the most interesting news to appear on Planetizen over the month of September 2006. This is the transcript of an audio segment that originally aired on the nationally syndicated radio program "Smart City".

October 18, 2006 - Nate Berg

Homebuilders are driving the momentum for green-certified homes.

October 17, 2006 - The New York Times

A study of 28 metropolitan regions reveals that the high commuting cost for living in outer-ring suburbs outweighs the low cost of the housing in the long term.

October 16, 2006 - The Washington Post

More than 20 master planned communities have been proposed in Idaho since 2000. And the trend of the increasing popularity of MPCs is spreading nationwide.

October 16, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

A Colorado home-builder reflects on his attempt to go green.

October 15, 2006 - Grist

The long-dormant downtown in this central Texas city is poised for revitalization designed to take advantage of nearby Baylor University and other assets. New Urbanist designs are generating hope and excitement.

October 15, 2006 - Waco Tribune-Herald

The head of Atlanta's most prominent development firm expects transplanted suburbanites to balloon the city's intown population to over 800,000 by 2020. These numbers far exceed Atlanta's regional planning agency forecasts of 650,000 residents.

October 12, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Like other rural communities, a southern Colorado town struggles to provide services to homeless people without adequate assistance from the federal government.

October 12, 2006 - The New York Times

Architecture critic Blair Kamin bemoans the misplaced opulence of the many mansions that have popped up in classic Chicago neighborhoods over the last couple of years.

October 11, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

More Katrina evacuees went to Texas than any other state except Louisiana. A year later, many of them are in limbo.

October 11, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

The Baltimore City Council is pushing forward on a comprehensive plan for the city to create more affordable housing.

October 11, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Could a severe housing market slowdown projected for more than 100 US metropolitan areas lead to a country-wide recession?

October 9, 2006 - Yahoo News