Equity
Oregon cities are excluding a key tool that could help their housing goals: maps
An effort to use geospatial analysis to understand how housing and access to opportunity are distributed in Oregon cities has largely stalled.
Study: Historically redlined neighborhoods face higher risk of extreme flooding
A new study indicates that structural disinvestment can translate into serious risk for vulnerable communities.
How HUD is dismantling fair housing enforcement
Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD's proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so.
The cities resisting rainbow bans
When the Trump administration went after colorful crosswalk treatments, some cities found creative ways to fight back.
USDOT will stop enforcing a key civil rights law
The agency will no longer enforce Title VI, eliminating disparate impact protections for federally protected groups.
Report: 75% of NYC warehouses are in 'disadvantaged communities'
Low-income New Yorkers are 1.2 times more likely to live within half a mile of a warehouse.
'Arrested mobility' and the fight for Black movement
Author Charles T. Brown explains how his experience growing up in rural Mississippi shaped his worldview and his current work for equitable transportation.
Ten extraordinary women making cities work better for everyone
A new book profiles women leaders shaping the future of modern cities. These are some of their stories.
Bogota's next big urban innovation: Equity for working women
The city that brought BRT and Ciclovía to the world is at the forefront of a new revolution.
Everything you Need to Know from the APA’s 2026 Trend Report for Planners
Plus, a conversation with the APA’s Chief Foresight and Knowledge Officer, Petra Hurtado.
Philadelphia’s ‘Chinatown Stitch’ Freeway Cap in Danger After Feds Retract Funding
A project 15 years in the making would reconnect Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood after decades of being split in half by a roadway.
Study: Roundabouts are Primarily in Wealthier Neighborhoods
A North Carolina study sheds light on inequities in road safety interventions.
Reclaiming Transportation as a Place of Resistance
The systems that move us are not neutral — and we don’t have to pretend like they are.
Commentary: Growth Without Affordable Housing Requirements is “Hard-wiring Segregating Into the Future”
Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the full picture.
Historic Black Alabama Community Fights Displacement for Concrete Plant
Residents of Mobile’s Africatown neighborhood say building a concrete plant near homes and a historic site is “a step backwards.”
We are Perfectly Poised for Another Robert Moses
When “America is Building Again” while decentering equity, the ghost of Robert Moses haunts us.
Five Ways to Break the Cycle of Extractive Real Estate
Here are the steps to having economies operated by stewardship, not speculation.
HUD Whistleblowers: Agency is ‘Systematically Undermining’ Fair Housing Laws
HUD employees say the agency has decimated the Office of Fair Housing, reducing staff by 70 percent, and forced a gag order that prevents them from effectively enforcing fair housing and civil rights laws.
Baltimore Zoning Bill Seeks to Improve Unequal Healthcare Access
A zoning reform proposal would update the city’s code to ensure health clinics are more equitably distributed in all neighborhoods.
The Federal Government Won’t Stop Home Appraisal Bias. Local Officials Can.
Racial bias in appraisals is still a problem — but there are steps we can take to fight back. Philadelphia's reforms are a model to follow.
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.
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