Housing
California Hotel Business Sturdy
Theoverall hotel occupancy rate in Los Angeles County was 78.4%, justslightlyahead of 78.3% a year ago.
Why Measure Smart Growth?
If smart growth can be measured, cities and regions can be evaluated against specific performance standards, and our communities can grow smarter. But can it be done?
Dot Com Urban Flight
Droves of San Francisco Bay Area technology companies, are considering relocating to Sacramento or Washington state or Tennessee -- anywhere but here.
Can Smart-Growth Groups Halt Sprawl?
A movement started in Oregon in 1975 is spreading as smart-growth citizen groups bloom in many states; Will they reshape our cities?
Chicago: Planning to Succeed
With Chicago’s Central Area booming, city planners are pleased with the city’s progress and optimistic about its future.
Colorado Springs Is Expanding -- Fast
Developers have sought to add more than a dozen parcels of land, totaling nearly 3,000 acres, to Colorado Springs city limits so far this month.
Chicago's Window of Opportunity
Chicago’s public and private interests have engaged in an unprecedented level of planning and negotiation to realize the city’s newest opportunities.
Amherst IDA Refuses Tax Breaks
A legal fight is looming over the Amherst Industrial Development Agency's refusal to consider tax breaks to two prominent developers.
Facing the Future With No Little Plans
Chicago is well positioned to become a model for regional cooperation in the 21st century.
Rental Opportunities For Low-Income Families
HUD announced a newpolicy designed to help hundreds of thousands of low-income families keep pace with America'sbooming economy.
Boulder County Projects On Sprawl List
Two projects in Boulder County, Colorado made the Sierra Club's national list of "sprawling growth."
Colorado Builders Rush To Beat Growth Curbs
Colorado builders have been rushing to city halls statewide to file housing applications to short-circuit a growth-control initiative.
Chicago: New-Economy Player
Over the last decade, the Chicago region has seen its share of changes, and as the city looks to the future, it can expect to play a major role in the new economy.
Warehouses Are Booming In Laredo
The warehouse-building boom in this border town is reaching proportions that would have seemed incredible a few years ago.
California Housing Makes A Comeback
California's housing inventory has regained all the value it lost during the early 1990's, according to a new report.
Downtown Long Beach Mall
A $75-million downtown Long Beach retail and residential complex has been approved. Opponents say Queensway Bay project should come first.
HUD Will Raise Rent Subsidies
Department of Housing and Urban Development will increase rent subsidies to low-income renters under the Section 8 rental program.
The American Dream for One Million
HUD unveiled a new program that makes the dream of homeownership achievable for more than one million working families now receiving HUD Section 8 rental assistance vouchers.
Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide
The guide provides step-by-step technical information for evaluating a residential building's site, exterior, interior, and structural systems.
Niagra Fall's $1 Billion Casino Complex
Niagra Falls, NY will be the home for a billion-dollar gambling casino and related entertainment facilities.
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
