Housing
Federal Housing Programs Reduce Low-Income Goal
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lower mortgage financing goals for below-median income levels.
Building Affordable Housing In Affluent Communities
Ethel Lawrence Homes is a case study in the challenged involved in building afforable housing for poor people in an affluent community.
Student Boom Challenges UK Cities
Some of Britain's largest cities are being transformed by a increase in the student population.
Duany, Development, And Destiny
Andres Duany talks about how cities rise and fall.
Phoenix Becomes Top Home Building Market
Metropolitan Phoenix has become the top home-building market in the U.S. for the first time.
Sprawl And The Mall
Is Canada's first new, major enclosed shopping facility in 14 years 'Shoppertainment' or bad development?
New Urbanism Cozies Up To A College Campus
DesMoine's Drake neighborhood breaks ground on a new, "New Urban" development.
Relocating A Village
Erosion is eating away at the Eskimo village of Newtok, Alaska. The village grocer has stepped up to lead the relocation.
How To Attract Retirees -- But Not Sprawl
Mobile Bay, Fairhope in Alabama is fast becoming a popular retirement spot. It has all the right amenities.
Who Pays For Eroding Coastlines?
Should taxpayers pay to safeguard coastal residents from the ocean or should beach towns shovel the sand themselves?
Poverty Grows In Suburbs
Suburban growth is squeezing out middle-class families.
The Transformation Of Chicago's East Loop
Chicago's recently-opened Millennium Park has transformed Chicago's East Loop into a thriving (and profitable) neighborhood.
Shared Housing Comes To Levittown
A program for older home owners is a win-win arragement.
Condos For Sports Fans On The Rise In College Towns
Luxury living kicks tailgating to new heights
DC Expands Retails Options Downtown
Old downtown shopping district is experiencing a "retail revival" that is slowly transforming the district.
The New Market For Suburban Builders: Downtown
Large suburban developers are increasingly moving into blighted and urban properties.
Summerlin: One Of Nation's Best-Selling Planned Communities
Plannned community near Las Vegas is home to more than 87,000 people.
Improving Life in Mega-cities
Enrique Peñalosa on how life can be improved for people in mega-cities.
UK's Housing Market The 'Mother Of All Bubbles'
Housing prices in Britain have risen so high and so quickly that experts fear a dramatic drop in prices is inevitable.
Orange County Grows Up
Orange County, CA, responds to urban sprawl with high-rise housing.
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
