Housing
Jacksonville's Approach To Urban Sprawl
Jacksonville's strategy to deal with sprawl is to anticipate it before it happens.
Dot-Com Slowdown Hurts Bay Area Real Estate
Study finds declining commercial rents and higher vacancy rates in the home of the once booming dot-com companies.
Reforming Government Finance May Help Slow Sprawl
Assembly bill 680 proposes to redistribute tax revenues by population rather than by purchases, which some lawmakers hope will encourage more affordable housing in already developed cities.
Buying Real Estate On EBay
eBay is arguably the most popular site on the Internet. But is it ready to sell real estate?
Does Cohousing Work?
Cohousing communities are cropping up around the state. In a surreal sort of way, they might be perfect.
Bringing Back Buffalo's Downtown
Experts said Buffalo, NY, has got what it takes to be a vibrant downtown. A design team keeps working to reach that goal.
Atlanta's Affordable Housing Quandry
If Atlanta's downtown is be revitalized, it must include affordable housing. However, local government must be clear about what affordable means.
King Of The Lofts In Downtown L.A.
Wade Killefer is the architect du jour for bringing new life to historic downtown L.A. buildings.
North Carolina's Resemblence To Northern Jersey
The region's sprawl along I-85 is beginning to draw comparisions to the sprawl of Northern New Jersey.
Survey Finds Downtowns Growing
A survey by the Fannie Mae Foundation finds that 75 percent of the cities analyzed saw their downtown populations grow in the 1990s.
Kotkin To L.A. Real Estate: Watch Out!
Joel Kotkin points to several trends in Southern California that should sound the warning bells for real estate investors.
Voice Of The Nation's Cities
Mayors of the nation's big cities, heads of educational institutions, business leaders, and others have formed a national organization to advocate for cities.
Houston's Largest Planned Community
A new master-planned community north of Houston will cover 8,000 acres and include 20,000 single-family homes.
What Makes A 21st Century City?
Keys to success include services, and lifestyle. Columbus is blazing a trail. What are the other cities?
Philadelphia's Ambitious Revitalization Plan
Philadelphia's mayor will battle the city's urban blight with a $1.63 billion demolition and reconstruction plan.
Expose On Substandard Homebuilding
A Globe expose of homebuildings finds that substandard home construction is a growing national problem.
World Trade Center Takeover Deal Completed
Three years in the making, the largest real estate deal in New York's history is finally completed.
Cities Opposed To Affordable Housing Measure
California city and county officials have voiced opposition to a bill that would penalize local governments for failing to meet California's affordable housing requirements.
Telecom Hotels Come To Buffalo
A former automomobile plant in Buffalo may be reused as a telecommunications center.
Homeowners Starting To Look At Zoning
More and more homeowners are learning the hard way that it pays to look at zoned land uses around their home to protect themselves from potential nuisances next door.
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
