Housing
High-density Housing Targets City Sprawl
San Jose, CA, will reserve underused land for new apartments instead developing on vacant land. The decision is being praised for addressing the housing shortage while controlling sprawl.
FEMA Flood Maps Online
Businesses and consumers can now directly order floodmaps online through FEMA.
FHA Sale Of Mortgage Loans Yields $94 Million
The Federal Housing Administration's mortgage sales programrecently reached a milestone when it completed the Multifamily and Healthcare Loan Sale.
Why Phoenix Is Arizona's 'Valley Of The Sun'
With good infrastructure and and a solid business community, Phoenix has become Arizona's high-tech hotspot.
S.F. Cries No More Lofts!
The Board of Supervisors approved a six-month ban on the construction of live-work lofts in the city, and also imposed new rules on commercial developers to pay for affordable housing.
Growth Control Challenged In Court
California's City of Tracy is facing a lawsuit from a developer claiming that its recent growth control measure goes too far.
Anti-Sprawl Arsons In Arizona
Luxury homes are being built at the edge of the desert near Scottsdale. Anti-sprawl activists are burning them.
Eco-Arson
Luxury homes in Phoenix are the latest targets by an eco-terrorism group.
Ideas For Limiting Growth
Leaders from the San Diego Association of Governments dicussed proposals for coping with the region's growth.
US' Unaffordable Housing Crisis
The number of Americans that pay more than half of their income towards rent increased 38% in one year. Is this a crisis?
The Best New Hotel In Las Vegas?
Las Vegas real estate mogul pronounces his new hotel "the single most wonderful resort in the history of Las Vegas."
Disney's Sanitized Urban California Experiment
Disney's experiment in urban living has an unusual feature for California: a pedestrian downtown.
Retail Behemoths Litter Suburban Landscape
When huge discount stores fail, towns are left with acres of useless graffiti-strewn space and the prospect of spending millions in demolition costs.
Tenants Uprooted As Rents Rise in Montreal
Exploding real estate values and gentrification are changing the face of neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada.
Columbus Neighborhood Follows Smart Growth Path
In Columbus, OH, an urban neighborhood takes a "smart growth" approach to draw up redevelopment plans. Residents think the redevelopment will enhance their property.
Largest Concrete Pour Completed In L.A.
Perhaps the largest single concrete pour in history took place at Los Angeles' Howard Hughes Center.
California's Housing Crisis - What To Do?
Business leaders, labor representatives, and housing and consumer advocates are pleading for the state legislature to take action to alleviate the housing shortage.
HUD's New Model Building Code
HUD releases model building code which includes federal accessibility requirements.
Orange County A Hot Spot For Office Space
A survey shows Orange County, CA, is one of the nation's top 10 office space hot spots.
Public Housing's Unknown Hero
Bill Lindsey's innovative approach to curing both public housing and the problems of those who lived in it made him a hero to thousands who will never know his name.
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
