Housing
New Take On Density Changes College Town
Monster additions and a sea of cement allow more students to be packed into neighborhood.
Homeless Students Left Behind
Suburban school districts, 'unaware of federal and state legislation that guarantee access to education,' bar homeless students from schools.
Can San Francisco Learn From Vancouver?
San Francisco and Vancouver are remarkably similar. But while San Francisco has retained its neighborhood character, it has become a jewel that few can afford.
Changing Urban Heirarchy Could Spark A New Era Of Urban Development
Joel Kotkin says the nation's biggest cities are weakening while smaller urban centers are gaining power. This dramatic shift will launch a new era of urban development.
Milwaukee's 'Freeway To Nowhere'
Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist leads the effort to remove the city's 'freeway to nowhere' and reconnect a divided downtown.
Housing and Land Battles Loom in Brazil
As the backlog of housing in Brazil continues to increase, ranchers and the poor in search of housing outside of urban areas clash.
Survival Land Grabbing
Land grabs are occuring around Chicago suburbs, as towns try to steer development and pay for service and infrastructure costs.
Bold Plans Spurn A Sense of Hope, Community
A suburb in Chicago enlists volunteer planners, developers and others to take control in rehabilitating a declining neighborhood.
100,000 Families At Risk of Housing Hardships
More than 100,000 families are at risk of losing their housing subsidies, according to a Congressional Budget Office study and housing advocates.
Getting Business To Pay For Housing?
The City of Petaluma, CA is considering a workforce housing linkage fee on new commerical, industrial, and retail development in the city.
$400m Mixed-Use Project On Arizona Indian Land
Alter Group's 2 million sq. ft. development, nation's largest ever on Native American Land, is expected to create up to 15,000 new jobs.
Shaping Growth In San Francisco
San Francisco's Transbay Area is destined to take advantage of promixity to the financial district, waterfront, and a new multi-modal transit terminal with high-density residential development.
Foreclosures Have Devasting Effect On Communities, Says Mayor
The City of Chicago will work with local banks to develop strategies to 'help families avoid losing their homes to foreclosure.'
City of Phoenix Enters The Hotel Business
The City of Phoenix decides to become a hotel developer to address the demand for hotel rooms downtown and generate business.
Demanding Better Living Conditions
Residents in east Baltimore County, bewildered by the fact that their substandard, expiring-use apartment complex has passed so many inspections, organize to put their rents in escrow until improvements are made.
Sustainable Neighborhoods Through Community Based Policing
The Redlands, California Police department have created a new model for crime control: the police department also manages housing and recreation.
For Whom Is 'Affordable' Housing Affordable?
In the context of the recent 'precedent setting' inclusionary zoning ordinance in Highland Park, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn asks, "What does 'affordable' mean?"
Backlog Of Affordable Military Housing
A lack of affordable rents and homeownership opportunities is causing strain for more than 2000 military families in San Diego, CA
Plans For Affordable Elderly Housing Face Opposition
Efforts to increase age-restricted, elderly affordable housing is being met with increasing opposition in Framingham, MA.
Friday Funny: Stranger Than Fiction
A woman in Alexandria, VA uses an essay contest to dispose of her properties.
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
