Affordable Housing
San Francisco Affordable Housing can Cost $1 Milllion per Unit. One Developer Says He can Slash the Cost by 65%
An expansion of a federal tax credit is prompting for-profit developers to get into the affordable housing market.
St. Pete Allows Housing on Church Land, a Florida First
Religious institutions can now build housing on their properties without rezoning.
NYC's New Atlantic Yards Plan Would Bring Taller Towers and Raise Income Limits
The area around Barclays Center could get 10,000 new housing units, with those deemed affordable available to households making as much as $200,000.
First-of-its-kind ‘ROOM Act’ Would Slash Restrictions on SROs, Co-living
The Institute for Justice developed model legislation that would reduce or eliminate zoning and building code barriers to low-cost, small and shared housing units.
Cleveland Deploys Solar to Make Affordable Housing More Affordable
A nonprofit-backed project is bringing efficient duplexes to Cleveland.
Boston to Top City Libraries With Affordable Housing
Three public libraries will be rebuilt or renovated to include hundreds of affordable housing units.
Santa Fe Collects First Payments From Tax on Million-Dollar Homes
The 3% tax on home sales of $1 million or more has elicited a lawsuit and backlash from local realty groups.
Columbus Introduces New Rules Allowing ADUs in all Residential Districts
The city’s recent zoning code updates include new rules for secondary housing units.
YMCA: The Swan Song of SROs and the Birth of Modern Homelessness
The demise of our last mass stock of affordable market housing left us no place to go when we’re short on our dough. How will we rebuild last resort housing?
Baltimore Residents Skeptical of Zoning Reform Efforts
The city is changing zoning codes to proote more multifamily housing development.
How a NYC Teen is Helping Chinese Seniors Navigate the Affordable Housing System
For low-income seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York City's affordable housing systems is a challenge. To help, we must think beyond affordability.
Tempe, Arizona Approves 400 Units of Affordable Housing, Grocery Store Near Light Rail
The mixed-use development will bring a grocery store to an area known as a food desert.
Mismanagement Leads to Loss of up to $35M for DC Affordable Housing
The District’s housing agency forfeited what would amount to $35 million in federal housing funds over the next decade.
Americans are Fleeing Blue States, Even When Politics Misalign. The Culprit? Housing Affordability.
Will the blue state starter home ever return?
Upzoning Could Bring 15K New Homes to Queens
A rezoning plan for Long Island City opens up prime waterfront land for residential development, but some critics say new housing could be prone to flooding and should be built farther inland.
In the Heart of Silicon Valley, one City's Homeless Population Grew by 56%
The unhoused population in Santa Clara County grew by 8% since 2023. The city of Mountain View is a different story.
Federal Law Says Manufactured Homes Must be Movable. Changing That Could Unlock an Affordable Housing Boom.
A proposed rule change in the Road to Housing Act would make manufactured housing more flexible and affordable.
In Small Town Colorado, Rent is so High that Employees are Camping on Company Property
The city passed an ordinance in 2024 allowing employers to offer workforce housing in the for of RV camping on company property.
NYC Voters Reject ‘Unofficial’ City Council Vetos of Housing Projects
Voters approves multiple housing measures that streamline development permitting and shift approval to the City Planning Commission.
Home Prices are Stabilizing. Will it Last?
Housing costs are growing at a slower rate than in recent years, but experts say significant home price reductions won’t happen in the short term.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
