Housing

The New Demographics: Brain Gainers And Smart Belts

Soaring home prices in California and coastal cities are causing a demographic migration that could reshape the American landscape.

June 28, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Detroit Faced With 'Urban Doughnut'

As its suburbs boom and inner-city decays, the Motor City stands to lose millions in population-based federal money. Local leaders hope to break the vicious cycle, pointing to new development.

June 28, 2004 - The Detroit News

Involvement with Community Groups Discouraged

Denver tells developers to avoid agreements with community groups.

June 27, 2004 - MSNBC

California's Inland Empire Has 5 Of Nation's Fastest Growing Cities

Of the 25 fastest-growing cities over three years, five are in Riverside and San Bernardino counties

June 26, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

If You Tear It Down, Where Do They Go?

Residents of demolished public housing buildings often left to their own devices

June 26, 2004 - Chicago Sun-Times

'Vancouver Of The South'

Inspired by Vancouver, the Trinity River plan could transform Fort Worth, TX.

June 24, 2004 - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Building Homes on Mars

MIT studies how future inhabitants of Mars can not only survive, but live a good life.

June 23, 2004 - Wired

Show The City Some Love

Sidewalks, not highways, are Detroit's path to prosperity.

June 23, 2004 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Development's Wheels Greased

A law designed to protect land helps speed along other development.

June 23, 2004 - The New York Times

Covering Up What's Covered Up

Baltimore entrepreneur proposes photo treatment for boarded-up vacant houses.

June 22, 2004 - The Baltimore Sun

New Urbanism Loses in Long Island

North Shore residents tell investors to take a hike.

June 22, 2004 - The New York Times

The Murky Future Of Megaprojects In The US

The Bay Bridge in San Francisco is fast becoming a poster child for megaprojects run amok.

June 21, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

A Heartland Of Affordable Homes

With prices far below those in red hot markets on the East and West coasts, the nation's heartland offers home buyers plenty of choices.

June 20, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Looking For A Home In San Diego? It Will Cost You

The median home price in the seventh largest city in the U.S. reached $500,000 last month.

June 18, 2004 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The State Of The Nation's Housing, 2004

The housing industry is well positioned for another strong decade according to the latest report from the Harvard Joint Center For Housing Studies.

June 17, 2004 - Harvard University

How Real Estate Escaped The Scandal Wave

The public's trust in Corporate America has plunged, but the real estate industry seems to have escaped unscathed.

June 17, 2004 - Wharton Business School, University Of Pennsylvania

The New Home Builder Strategy: Build To Order

The new strategy for subdivision developers is build homes only after they have secured buyers.

June 13, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Seattle's Poor Fight For Million-Dollar Views

Long-time residents of Yesler Terrace public housing are trying to keep their homes in one of America's most expensive downtowns.

June 10, 2004 - The Seattle Times

Inclusionary Zoning Comes To Madison

New housing projects in Wisconsin's capital must include affordable units.

June 10, 2004 - Madison.com

Limiting The Power Of Homeowner Associations

Californai legislators are seeking to limit the too-often abused power of homeowners associations to seize properties without going to court.

June 8, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

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Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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KFH Group Inc.

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Greater Baltimore Committee

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