Housing

Maryland's Planned Baby Boomer Community

A new community in Maryland is being designed and built to appeal to baby boomers.

April 5, 2002 - Housing Zone

Tutorial On Building Affordable Housing

This article follows a nonprofit developer through the arduous process of building an affordable housing project.

April 4, 2002 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

How Land-use Controls Influence Housing Prices

A study by economists explains how housing prices are influenced by land-use controls, zoning, and politics.

April 3, 2002 - The New York Times

Detroit To Allocate $100 Million For Redevelopment

A tourism tax will fund efforts to redevelop distressed urban areas.

April 3, 2002 - The Detroit News

Sprawl in Europe

European planners seek strategies for countering the effects of sprawl.

April 2, 2002 - Topos

More High Rent, Mixed-use Development For Stamford

Stamford works to add to its already abundant supply of luxury downtown housing with another mixed-use development in the works.

April 2, 2002 - The New York Times

Proposed Law Aims To Limit Cars In Driveways

Opponents say proposed law unfairly targets immigrants.

April 1, 2002 - The Washington Post

High House Prices Make World Economy Resilient

Results from a house-price survey by The Economist suggests that higher higher house prices have helped shelter the U.S. economy from a deep recession.

April 1, 2002 - The Economist

The Economist's Global House-Price Indices

The Economist shows how world housing markets influence the world economy and launches new global house-price indices based on data for 13 developed economies nations and big cities.

April 1, 2002 - The Economist

Biggest Real Estate Boom In The PostWar Era

Despite terrorism and recession, home sales in urban areas has remained remarkably strong.

March 30, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor

Affordable Housing For Artists

Artists have trouble finding suitable and affordable housing.

March 30, 2002 - The New York Times

Ground Zero: Underground Work Will Take Years

Years of underground rebuilding must be completed at the site of the World Trade Center before anything can be built above ground.

March 27, 2002 - The New York Times

New Songdo Intelligent City

A U.S. company has been selected to build South Korea's $12.5-billion massive 'New Songdo Intelligent City'.

March 26, 2002 - Business Wire

NYC Needs A Simple Plan...Soon

Witold Rybczynski, professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, presents his views about rebuilding at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

March 25, 2002 - The New York Times

And The Winner Is...Hollywood?

Redevelopment efforts in Hollywood are responsible for the return of tourists and the Oscars, but current residents say all the new buildings have done little to improve the quality of life.

March 25, 2002 - CNN

Modular Housing: The Future Of Housing?

A modular housing frame can be assembled in one day, and is ready for move-in eight weeks later -- for under $50,000.

March 25, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor

Boston's Most Ambitious Affordable Housing Initiative

A nonprofit religious group plans to build 1,000 affordable homes across the city.

March 23, 2002 - The Boston Globe

Incentivize Infrastructure Investment

California Governor's Building For The 21st Century report looks to incentivize infrastructure investment.

March 23, 2002 - The Planning Report

Is Opposition To Development Intensifying?

ULI's Bill Hudnut evaluates why today's opposition to development seems to be more sophisticated, vociferous-and effective than in the past.

March 23, 2002 - Urban Land Magazine

L.A.'s Ahmanson Ranch Debate: Now Live

Warren Olney moderates a live debate (now streaming on the Web) about the controversial Ahmanson Ranch development in Los Angeles.

March 21, 2002 - KCRW - Which Way, LA?

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Senior Manager Operations, Urban Planning

New York City School Construction Authority

Building Inspector

Village of Glen Ellyn

Manager of Model Development

Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.