Housing
The U.S. Housing Market: Two Worlds In One Country
The nation's housing market has created two very different economies in one country.
What Is Causing The Current Housing Crisis?
Is there really a housing crisis? If so, what can we do about it?
A New Growth Strategy: 'Restorative Development'
What is restorative development? A way of thinking about growth that combines eight component industries that are fundamental to planning. Is this the next Big Thing?
The 'House Rich' And The 'Break-Evens'
Rapid housing appreciation on the coasts has helped buoy the economy, but in many parts of the country, housing appreciation barely keeps up with inflation.
Informal Adaptive Reuse
The Roofless Movement in Sao Paolo, Brazil gains momentum as the needs for affordable housing are continuously not met.
Eminent Domain And Proposition MM
How eminent domain is being used in San Diego's Proposition MM.
Firebrands Of Ecoterrorism Set Sights On Sprawl
The recent burning of San Diego mega-condos demonstrates radical environmentalists' tactical shift to housing, commercial sites.
The Social Cost Of Proposition MM
New schools promised by San Diego's Proposition MM will displace 3000 residents.
Broken -- and Stolen -- Home
Thieves elude neighbors in a remote area of Placerville, CA,--and steal a prefabricated house.
Eco-Terrorists Destroy San Diego Building
The Earth Liberation Front is suspected after a nearby banner is found: "If you build it, we will burn it."
Affordable Housing Dilemna
Cracking down on substandard conditions in an expiring-use apartment complex in Joliet, IL could have unintended consequences for Section 8 holders.
Mixed Income Housing Not Working In Cabrini-Green
Some early experiments at mixing incomes in developments around Chicago's Cabrini-Green community are just not working.
Mobile Home Park Are Fading Into History
Skyrocketing land values are luring mobile home park owners to sell out, leaving many low-income residents with few alternatives.
Chicago Public Housing Residents Moving Up
NPR reports on the lives and opportunities for former public housing residents in mixed-income developments.
Cracking Down On Substandard Housing
From citations to house arrests, Los Angeles is cracking down on deadbeat landlords to improve housing conditions throughout the City.
Community Service Requirement 'Unfair'
Public housing residents not in school or working will soon be required to give 8 hours of community service a month.
An Introduction To The New Urbanism
An editorial in the Journal of Markets & Morality introduces The New Urbanism from a market perspective.
Housing And Jobs For The Homeless
HUD and the Department of Labor are teaming up to provide permanent housing and jobs to chronically homeless individuals.
The Price Of Eminent Domain
A school district in the fastest growing city in Santa Barbara County, CA may 'end up paying more than it bargained for,' as it desperately searches for sites to build much-needed schools.
Cohousing: Bridging The Neighbor Gap
Architects and planners are using New Urbanism and Cohousing to create housing environments that make neighbors friendlier.
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 Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
