Housing
Thinking Big: What Does NYC Need?
Alexander Garvin, adjunct professor of planning at Yale University, has been hired to chart the future of New York City's downtown.
Campuses Creating Student Housing With Private Developers
As enrollments climb, and existing student housing remains inadequate, more campuses turning to private developers to boost their student housing stock.
Forcing Below-market Housing Units
A proposed law in San Francisco would make below-market housing units mandatory for all new development.
Stamford, CT Living At Manhattan Rents
Best known to the planning world as a case study of the follies of 1950's slum clearance policies, Stamford gives mixed-use development a try.
Philadelphia's Risky And Ambitious Urban Renewal
Philadelphia is embarking on a risky $295 million urban renewal project to demolish 14,000 abandoned homes and replace vacant lots with urban prairie.
Suburban Economic Integration
John King writes about the unusual San Francisco suburb of Tracey, which is unlike any development since World War II.
New Growth Outpaces Utilities
The Detroit suburb of Canton Township has grown faster than utilities can keep up. Is this an ominous trend?
Affordable Housing And The 'Paradox Of Prosperity'
Working families struggle as affordable housing options disappear.
Weinstein's 'City Within A City'
Developer Mark J. Weinstein says his plan to turn an ageing property into modern residential lofts, coffee shops, and a promenade, is exactly what Los Angeles needs to reinvent itself.
Vancouver Proves That 'New Urbanism' Works
Experts say the 'New Urbanism' experiment in Vancouver, Canada, is working and the city is years ahead of other Canadian and U.S. cities in developing its downtown.
Plans For Buffalo's Tallest Building
Plans submitted for mixed-use development in Buffalo, NY, include a 50-story residential structure.
Fresno's Downtown Dreams
City leaders in Fresno, CA, have unveiled a $30 million plan to will revitalize the city's downtown. Will it succeed?
Affordable Housing: Six Serious Obstacles
Roger K. Lewis summarizes the most serious obstacles encountered when developing affordable housing.
Cohousing In Arizona
A Tuscon cohousing community opens -- a "community in balance with nature."
Building An Afforable Community From Scratch
South Ranch is a success story of a 195-home community developed and maintained by lower-income, first-time homeowners.
The Transformation Of 'Sprawl-Weary' Los Angeles
The second-largest city in the U.S. is transforming itself as it grows inward and upward. Planners praise new anti-sprawl projects inside the city.
Living The American Dream In China
Outside of Beijing there is an American suburb called Orange County. It is a gated community with homes American-style.
New Plan To Revitalize Pittsburgh Downtown Retail Corridor
After 15 months of work, a mayoral task force has created a $363 million plan to breathe life into the moribund Downtown Pittsburgh retail corridor bounded by Fifth and Forbes avenues and Market Square.
NY Developer Silverstein Profiled
The Wall Street Journal profiles Larry Silverstein, the New York developer who owned the WTC, and is central in the rebuilding effort.
FHA Home Mortgage Insurance Program Is Strong
A report issued by Deloitte & Touche says the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is in its strongest financial condition.
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.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
