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Affordable Housing: The Problem Is Planning
A Northern California community development director says that the problem of affodable housing is the fault of poor planning.
Homelessness Reaches Record Levels In U.S. Cities
Cities across the nation are experiencing a sudden surge in homelessness. Housing prices, slowing economy, layoffs, Sept. 11 attacks, and a reduced flow of donations to charties that help the disadvantaged are factors that have contributed to the crisis.
HUD Plan For Affordable Housing In NYC
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez and New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today announced a five-year plan to save affordable housing for 1,500 families.
Train To Plane: A New Connection
A $415 million link connects Newark International Airport's airport monorail to the region's railroad network
L.A.'s Crackdown On Illegal Housing
Los Angeles' code enforcement crackdown on illegal housing units has several unforunate consequences.
Galveston Rejects Port Merger
Talked about for decades, a proposal to merge Galveston's historic port with the Port of Houston fails.
Respected Landscape Architect A. E. Bye Dies At 82
Arthur Edwin Bye, a landscape architect, author, and professor, was the first to advocate use of native plant materials.
Shaping The City: Sound Design Objectives
Roger K. Lewis writes about the architectural challeges of acoustic design in structures and space.
APA Debuts New Website
After a comprehensive user survey and over a year of development, the American Planning Association unveiled its newly designed website on Tuesday.
The Deadly Side Of Orlando's Growth
The region's roads simply haven't been designed to handle the crush of people now using them, and as a result the area now has the highest level of traffic fatalities in the nation.
Why It's Good To Live In Downtown
An Arizona Republic columnist who lives in midtown Phoenix shares the advantages to living in the city.
Cityscape: Of Shopping And Smart Growth
Benjamin Forgey reviews the architecture and urban design of two mixed-use development projects in Virginia.
Suburbs And The Census: Patterns Of Growth And Decline
This paper examines nearly 2,600 suburbs in 35 metropolitan areas, and finds that, suburban population growth and decline is highly uneven, with declining suburbs concentrated mainly in older metro areas of the Midwest and the Northeast.
Report: Ventura County, CA, Faces Severe Housing Shortage
Study says Ventura County, CA, is facing a severe housing crisis and will run out of housing by 2008.
Philadelphia's Master Builder
It's time to thank the man who built what many will remember as turn-of-the-century Philadelphia.
1,600 More Angelinos To Live, Work, Play In Downtown L.A.
Two housing projects may bring 1,600 units to downtown Los Angeles.
Should Cities Expand After September 11?
Has terrorism fundamentally shifted the debate about urban sprawl?
The Impact Of Smart Growth On Housing
The implementation of growth management laws may have severe impacts on housing availability.
Ventura County Housing Shortage Is Near, Study Warns
Study suggests that there are significant deficiencies in the capacity of existing planning systems to accomodate rational planning goals.
Skeptical About The Skeptical Environmentalist
Tom Paine reports how a pseudo-scientist duped the media about his recently popular environmental claims.
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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