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Housing Assistance for Low-Income Elderly
HUD announced fourgrants totaling $27.5 million to provide 270 affordable housing units and rental assistance for the elderly in Reseda, Sylmar, Moreno Valley and Bakersfield.
Religious Camp Accused Of Sprawl
Plans for a large Christian camp in Lake County, Colorado are seriously testing the tenet 'Love thy neighbor', and raises questions of sprawl.
San Diego's Regional Growth Uneven
Researchers find San Diego's regional growth leaving the majority of workers behind.
Goodbye Mall, Hello Main Street
The downtowns of tomorrow will lookmore like traditional downtowns.
HUD Stalls LA Cornfield Project
HUD is withholding $12 million from the Los Angeles Chinatown Cornfield industrial development until an environmental impact report is completed.
Rural America's Digital Revolution
A new kind of wired rural community is emerging, -- and it's being called a 'valhalla'.
States Ranked By Energy Use, Carbon Emission
According to a new report, New York, Hawaii, and California have made the most progress in improving their energy efficiency.
Chicago's High-Tech Future
Fueled by technological innovation and strategic infrastructure planning, Chicago is the fourth-largest high-tech region in the country.
Trying To Shape The City
A recent Washington Post articles series about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teaches an important lesson: Don't fool with Mother Nature.
In Everglades, a Chance for Redemption
The Congress once assigned the Corps of Engineers to drain the Everglades; now it may ask the Corps to restore the Everglades and revive its ecosystem in the most ambitious environmental restoration effort ever.
The Lake Effect
San Bernardino city and water officials want to carve out a network of lakes and streams in a controversial attempt to spur development in this ailing desert city.
San Jose's Housing Crisis Team
On the heels of another study confirming the acute housing shortage in Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales has convened a 'housing production team.'
New York's Wasted Wonder
As droves of tourists pass through Niagara Falls, NY -- many of them headed for Canada -- the city looks back on a torrent of costly mistakes.
Is California Stealing Colorado's Water?
Thirsty Southern Californians are enjoying for free increasingly huge amounts of Colorado's unused water. This may change.
CA Water Policy Causes Sprawl
California doesn't require developers to prove they have the water to serve massive new housing developments.
Cisneros Presents Housing Webcast
Henry Cisneros, former HUD Secretary and CEO of American CityVista, will be the keynote speaker at the Rouse Forum, broadcast on the Web Sept. 25.
Clinton Signs Church Zoning Bill
A new bill prevents municipalities from using zoning laws as a 'keep out' sign against churches or temples they don't want inside the city.
Cities Ranked By Web Domain Names
How do you quanity the emerging geography of cyberspace? Joel Kotkin looks at which regions have the highest concentration of Internet domain names.
Best Of LA 2000
The Los Angeles Weekly publishes their perennial Best of Los Angeles 2000 issue.
Cash For Environmental Wish List
Federal negotiators are nearing an agreement to devote billions of dollars during the next six years to acquire lands threatened by development.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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