The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

According to a recent study, realtors only tell 30% of homebuyers information about their clients, meaning that confidential information could be lost and unfair advantages given to sellers.

March 24 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Neal Peirce looks at what the nation can learn from California's response to its infrastructure problems.

March 23 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The jewels in a new proposal for San Francisco's Treasure Island remain hidden, writes urban design critic Morris Newman.

March 23 - The Slatin Report

In Brussels, one house brimming over with green technology may hold the answers to many of Europe's energy concerns.

March 23 - BBC News

Lennar, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, which recently purchased its fifth closed military base site in California, has met with opposition from many angles.

March 23 - The Wall Street Journal

The vibrant, central Los Angeles neighborhood -- which has been referred to as "the black Greenwich Village" -- is growing in popularity.

March 23 - The Washington Post

A number of books published over the last few years show that scholars and planners have revised the "typical" view of suburbs and sprawl.

March 23 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The planning pundits can agree on some ideas, but have both failed to address a key point, writes C. Kenneth Orski.

March 23 - The Slatin Report

Discussion over whether to replace the aging viaduct with a tunnel, and the potential impact on the city’s waterfront, will only intensify as a November advisory election approaches.

March 23 - The Seattle Stranger

Many suburbanites purchasing dream homes soon find that weak soil wreaks havoc on their foundations, yet with the high demand for housing, hundreds of homes are continually constructed in such areas.

March 23 - Phoenix New Times

At long last, Boston's Columbus Center will break ground this year. Upon completion, the 35-story mixed-use project will finally reconnect four blocks of the Back Bay and South End neighborhoods, which have long been separated by Interstate 90.

March 23 - The Boston Globe

As the city struggles with garbage collection, an all-volunteer force rises to the challenge.

March 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Officials, in a stalemate, struggle to find money for repairs - despite rising warnings of failing levees.

March 22 - The Christian Science Monitor

A clean air regulation by the Bush administration that would have allowed power plants to avoid installing new pollution controls was overturned by a federal appeals court.

March 22 - New York Times via Spartanburg Herald Journal

The Los Angeles Housing Department and its director, Mercedes Marquez, take a thorough, systematic approach to protecting renters and helping find and develop properties for workforce housing.

March 22 - The Planning Report

New York and California have the most toxic air in the nation according to a new study released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

March 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Housing peculators are taking their profits from Southern California and investing in hotter markets in Las Vegas and Arizona.

March 22 - The Los Angeles Times

The New York City Department of City Planning releases a new, easy-to-use handbook to make zoning understandable -- at least compared to the old, arcane Zoning Resolution.

March 22 - The New York Times

Are current zoning laws in Indian cities forcing their outward growth? Are these new developments creating more strain on public services than what already exists? What will be the economic impacts of such government policies?

March 22 - International Herald Tribune

Despite years of efforts on the part of planners and governments to promote "smart growth", census data shows that the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. are "suburban, rural or a mixture of both."

March 22 - MSNBC