Housing
Research & Development Clusters Are A Catalyst For Growth
From California to Colorado to Florida, new research & development and science clusters can give regional economies a shot in the arm.
Long Island: The End Of Suburbia?
A new study from Rutgers University shows Long Island's suburbs sagging as New York City's numbers grow. One expert says, "This relentless suburbanization has reached its low tide."
Multifamily Low Income Occupancy Compliance
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop provides guidance relating to low income occupancy compliance for multifamily developments.
A Community Amid Slums: Living In 100 Square Feet
The L.A. Times presents the fourth report in a series on Africa's swelling slums. This article focuses on a community known as 'Deep Sea'.
When the Real Estate Market Ruins Your Plans
Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.
Residential Contruction Costs Increase
Increase in home prices can be attributed to the rising costs of construction material.
The Housing Bubble Is About To Burst
Business Week evaluates the the impact of rising mortgage rates on the housing bubble -- and arrives at dire conclusions.
The Past And Future Of Gentrification
Exploring the origins of both the term and the concept, Prof. Chris Hamnett explores how the equally loved and hated trend has "remade the social structure of the post-industrial city."
Builders Focus On Non-Nuclear Families
As demographics change, builders change housing products to focus on rapidly increasing one and two-person 'non-nuclear' families.
American Dream Out Of Reach In California
Despite billions in aid, low-income buyers have been priced out of the housing market and middle-class status.
U.S And Mexican Home Builders Join To Provide Affordable Housing
In a historic agreement, home builders from Mexico and the U.S. team up to provide more quality affordable housing.
California Home Median Price Skyrockets
The median price of a California home is nearing 1/2 million dollars.
Problems In Paradise
A dispute among residents, environmentalists town officials leads to an exodus from the posh Georgica Pond region of East Hampton.
A Major Step For TODs In Sacramento Region
The Northern Calfornia city of Rancho Cordova plans to build mini downtowns around each of its light rail stations.
How Developers Affect Communities
Real estate developers transform cities -- sometimes in ways we applaud, and other times in ways that make us cringe.
What Do Women Really Want? A Piece Of Real Estate
Single women are the second biggest category of homebuyers, outpacing single men
Breaking Ground For Workforce Housing In Los Angeles
A "smart growth equity fund" brings together housing and employment for middle-income households in L.A.
The End Of The Housing Bubble?
With the increase in the Fed's interest rate, there is much speculation that the housing bubble in the Bay Area is about to burst
British Social Housing Programs in Disarray
Recently released report accuses the British government's housing agency of having "lost its vision."
A Practitioner's Guide To Combating Predatory Lending
For some Americans, though, predatory lenders have turned the home ownership dream into a nightmare.
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
