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Affordable Housing Required for Development on L.A. City Properties
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a rule that residential buildings on city property will have to be 100 percent affordable.
Colorado River Cutback Plan to Start in January
States in the Lower Basin of the Colorado River will contribute more water in order to keep reservoirs from reaching critically low levels.
California Proposal to Shelter Homeless on Cruise Ship
Oakland is looking at the possibility of housing homeless people in unconventional quarters.
Is the End of Bangkok Street Food Vending Near?
Street food vendors are an integral part of the Bangkok urban landscape, but city planners want to see them gone.
Retail Apocalypse Blazes New Trails
The demise of a beloved outdoors gear chain in Southern California suggests that no store is safe in America's high-priced cities.
Foreclosures Near 20-Year Low
Some areas of the country are experiencing stress in the housing market, according to the new CoreLogic "Loan Performance Insights" report, but overall it's a long-time since homeowners have been so stable.
Miami-Dade County Could Be Next on the Fare-Free Bus
A county commissioner is asking for a study of fare-free transit programs in Kansas City and Salt Lake City to inform the potential implementation fo a similar program in the South Florida county.
Is the Height Act Responsible for D.C.'s Sky High Housing Prices?
The Height Act is up for debate again in Washington, D.C., amidst an emotional debate about housing affordability.
Plan for 40,000 New Affordable Homes Approved in Toronto
An ambitious plan to build 40,000 new affordable housing units in the next ten years will require the support of local politicians as well as elected officials at the provincial and federal levels.
253,000 Housing Units Possible in Boston With Transit Oriented Density, Report Says
Raising density around transit stations to a level already existing in some parts of the city would enable hundreds of thousands of new housing units in and around Boston, according to a thought experiment by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership.
Adaptive Reuse Contributes to Ambitious Development Momentum in Dallas' Deep Ellum
With a massive development project called The Epic already under construction as a future home for Uber, a Dallas developer is turning its attention to nearby sites.
S.F. Bay Area Cooperative Offers New Affordable Housing Model
A California cooperative brings together investors to make homeownership more accessible and finance housing projects that help to slow gentrification.
Mapping the Effects of Climate Change in the United States
A new mapping project from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania illustrates the consequences of inaction on climate change.
Homes Designed by Starchitects Face a Sluggish Resale Market
Value is in the eye of the beholder.
Amazon's Omnipresence in American Cities
In Baltimore, Amazon is at the center of a complicated web of products, services, and industries that is virtually impossible to avoid.
Bay Area Planner Accosted by Building Security
An extremely problematic encounter occurred last week when a black planner was accosted by security while taking photos of bike racks on the street outside of a luxury building.
Toronto's Biggest Story of 2019: Mississauga
The city of Mississauga is undergoing a transformation so complete that one Toronto-based write said the suburb is the city's issue of the year.
Rents Grow Fastest in Houston's Opportunity Zones
Rents have grown as much as 28 percent in the last year over the past year in the neighborhood of Midtown in Houston.
The Environmental Injustices Plaguing Detroit
Despite the decades-long activities of environmental justice advocates in the Motor City, low-income and people of color bear the brunt of pollution in Detroit.
A New Strategy for Attracting Big City Millennials: Build Ax-Throwing Bars
Two New Jersey suburbs of New York City are taking an interesting approach to attracting New York City Millennials looking for refuge from the high cost of rent in the Big Apple.
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