Housing
Housing Policies Force New Development Away From Core
This paper argues that the American dream of accumulating wealth and owning a home creates demand for housing at the edge of metropolitan areas, inadvertently weakening cities and older suburbs.
The Growth Of Private Communities
Private housing associations with covenants, conditions and restrictions are setting the rules that many middle-class Americans have live by. What is the impact of the growth of planned communities on the nation? Should we be concerned?
University Study: Sprawl Increases Affordable Housing
Local smart growth advocates say that the solutions is not to allow sprawl, but to increase densities.
Atlanta Neighborhood's Innovative Revitalization Project
An innovative revitalization project for Atlanta's East Lake area starts to make an impact.
Homeownership Causes Sprawl
As long as homeownership is a fundamental part of the American dream, we won't have livable cities.
Housing Market Forces Boston Communities Apart
Neighborhoods around Boston are facing dramatic changes as the battle for housing -- any housing -- heats up.
Ohio Vs. Kentucky
A nearly perfect plan has been created for Cincinatti's riverfront. So what's wrong?
Now It's Commuters Who Come Back To San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, the Orange County city famous for its 225-year-old mission, has recently hired two teams of consultants to assess the effects of growth on the city and devise plans to preserve the community's unique character.
Jacksonville's Downtown Renaissance
Downtown Jacksonville gets its first large residential tower/complex.
Arts-Condo Project To Bring Housing To D.C Downtown
A project plans to renovate a nine-story building into condominiums, some of which will be lower-cost units to attract artists.
Artists' Housing Can Revive Downtowns
Projects to provide artists housing in downtown areas can revive troubled downtowns.
Southern California's Tech Space Shakeout
Southern California's commercial real estate market has taken a beating by the technology slump.
Gehry Caught In Playa Vista Crossfire
Architect Frank Gehry attempts to take both sides in Los Angeles' controversial Playa Vista project, one of the biggest land developments in the city's history.
Why Housing In Rural America Matters
Housing Assistance Council finds that far too many rural Americans still lack decent, affordable housing.
San Francisco's San Quentin May Become Suburbia
Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, San Quentin -- the oldest penitentiary in California -- may be razed and replaced with housing.
Orange County, CA Faces More Development
With ever higher rents and low vacancy levels, Orange County's only choice may be to move ahead with more development if it wants to house its work force.
Developers Look For The Road Name Less Traveled
Planners in the fast growing Charlotte area say growth is making it harder to christen streets.
Successfully Blending In Affordable Housing
A postive lesson for advocates of mixed-income housing.
Town Uses
A mixed-use, infill project is giving San Bruno the makings of a small town.
Recycling Architecture For Schools: Is It Viable?
Converting existing buildings into schools is seen as a solution by some for California's urgent school shortage. Opponents think conversions are more expensive than new construction.
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
