Housing
Limiting Chicago's Downtown Condo Conversion
A record-setting amount of apartments in Chicago were converted into condominiums in 2005, and Mayor Richard Daley has formed a task force to limit the trend which is rapidly diminishing affordable housing in the city.
Rents Are High All Over
With rapid population growth and lopsided housing development favoring large single family homes, lower-income households in one corner of Middle America are facing housing challenges similar to those in New York and Los Angeles.
Suburbs Without The Sprawl
Joel Kotkin looks to Reston, Virginia, and other suburban villages as the new way for America to handle an increasing population without succumbing to the negative aspects of traditional sprawl.
Storm Survivors Face Foreclosure Over Special Assessments
Condo owners and members of homeowner associations, who are already struggling to pay repairs on uninhabitable storm-damaged units and fighting with their insurance companies for compensation and temporary housing, now face possible foreclosure.
Worst Real Estate Markets In The U.S.
A slideshow depicts the 10 worst real estate markets in the US right now, with San Diego coming out on the bottom.
New Towns Planned In South Korea
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.
Rents Rise As Housing Market Cools
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.
Kit Homes Hit Shelves Of Home Improvement Stores In Gulf Coast
"A decent place to live" may top holiday lists this shopping season.
Americans In The City Of Light
Americans are buying second homes in Paris.
Putting The Humanity Back Into Habitats
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.
Housing Designed To Last From 'Cradle-To-Cradle'
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.
A Dark Day For Affordable Housing
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.
Investing In The Inner City
Golden Boy Partners aims to produce affordable housing for working class neighborhoods in L.A.
News Summary and Analysis - September 2006
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".
Green Buildings Go Residential
Homebuilders are driving the momentum for green-certified homes.
High Commuting Costs Cancel Suburban House Savings
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.
Multiple Planned Communities In Idaho's Future
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.
House Dutiful
A Colorado home-builder reflects on his attempt to go green.
Downtown Waco Embraces New Urbanism
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.
Atlanta's Intown Population Explosion Fueled By Suburbanites?
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.
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
