Housing

Whose 'American Dream' Is It?

Wendell Cox and the 'Preserving the American Dream' conference arrive in Cincinnati.

November 17, 2003 - Cincinnati CityBeat

Melbourne: Debating the Next Steps to Controlling Sprawl

Melbourne concurs for the need to control growth, but not exactly how and where.

November 15, 2003 - The Age, Australia

What a Difference a Granny Makes

In efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing, a new California state law will make the construction of granny units easier.

November 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

City-Making In Downtown Los Angeles

Will Frank Gehry's masterwork, Walt Disney Concert Hall, serve as a catalyst for large-scale city-making in downtown Los Angeles?

November 13, 2003 - The Slatin Report

Large Homes On Big Lots--At What Price?

A report by the largest conservation organization in New England ties 'mansionization' to the loss of open spaces in Massachusetts.

November 13, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Bay Area Smart Growth Fund In Action

A business group in the Bay Area invests in a private firm 'to bring private dollars into poor neighborhoods and promote infill, local business revitalization and contaminated site cleanup.'

November 13, 2003 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

El Toro Airbase May Become a New Community

Southern California's former El Toro military airbase may be cleared, but not for airplanes.

November 12, 2003 - The Los Angeles Times

Chattanooga's Swift Waterfront Revitalization

Chattanooga's 120 million dollar upgrade to its waterfront is progressing rapidly

November 11, 2003 - Tenessean

Gown Helps Town

Harvard University is one of many educational institutions that Boston city officials have asked to create housing for students and employees.

November 10, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Debate On Downtown Affordable Housing

A Hartford Courant editorial gives reasons for why a current city proposal to implement an 'affordable rental standard' is bad for Hartford.

November 10, 2003 - The Hartford Courant

Losing Hope in HOPE VI?

As the fate of the HOPE VI program is debated in Congress, HUD puts the pressure on some local housing authorities to move their projects forward--or face severe penalties.

November 9, 2003 - Yahoo! Newswire

Undercover In The Suburbs

A cynical writer goes undercover in the new urbanist suburb of Evergreen Village in San Jose, California.

November 9, 2003 - Metroactive

Small Town 'Resists Sprawl'

Pingree Grove, IL, a small town of 125, is doing what it can to keep from being engulfed by what seems to some as 'inevitable.'

November 9, 2003 - The Chicago Tribune

Tax Policy As Housing Policy

The Earned Income Tax Credit could improve housing affordability more effectively than federal housing programs.

November 7, 2003 - The Brookings Institution

Encouraging Transit Villages

Livable Places has developed a fact sheet with incentives cities and counties can provide to assist transit-oriented development.

November 6, 2003 - Livable Places

Connecticut: Health, Smart Growth and Sprawl

A Hartford Courant Op-Ed discusses strategies for creating healthy communities.

November 6, 2003 - The Hartford Courant

Wal-Mart Shops For Voters

The discount store's 'lowest possible prices' come at too steep a price for Contra Costa County, CA.

November 6, 2003 - AlterNet

Dublin: Public Housing Project To Be Demolished

Many question the motives behind plans to raze Ireland's most infamous housing project.

November 5, 2003 - The Chicago Tribune

From Single to Multi

Rising lands costs are driving builders of single-family homes, in Orlando, FL to construct multi-family dwellings.

November 5, 2003 - The Chicago Tribune

Aucklanders Rebel Against Growth Strategy

Local opposition to poorly designed apartments threatens the "compact city" growth strategy for Auckland region.

November 4, 2003 - The New Zealand Herald

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.

Professor of Urban Planning

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Transportation Planner I

KFH Group Inc.

Director, Strategy and Research

Greater Baltimore Committee

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