Nashville Planning Commission adopts the Transect.
"Metro planners have a new tool that they hope will make it easier to create traditional neighborhoods following the New Urbanism style.The Planning Commission adopted the new tool called the Transect - a guidance and analysis tool for creating a vibrant neighborhood with an update of the Land Use Policy Application last week."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Metro planners get new tool for New Urbanism projects
Florida Considers Legalizing ADUs
Current state law allows — but doesn’t require — cities to permit accessory dwelling units in single-family residential neighborhoods.
Manufactured Crisis: Losing the Nation’s Largest Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here?
HUD Announces Plan to Build Housing on Public Lands
The agency will identify federally owned parcels appropriate for housing development and streamline the regulatory process to lease or transfer land to housing authorities and nonprofit developers.
EPA Terminates $116 Million in Grants for Reducing Emissions from Construction Materials
C-MORE grants were earmarked for industry trade groups and universities.
BART Closes $35 Million Deficit
Cost control and revenue generation measures prevented service cuts.
The New Parisian Hearse is a Bicycle
Sleek, silent, and sustainable, a green trip to the graveyard has hit the streets of the French capital.
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