Housing

Houston, Construction

After Hurricane, Houston's High Number of Vacant Apartments Looks Like a Good Thing

Houston's apartment vacancy rate was among the highest in the nation before Hurricane Harvey, after the storm's destruction many of those homes will likely be put to good use.

September 1, 2017 - The Houston Chronicle

Empty Parking Lot

AVs and Real Estate - A Guide to Potential Impacts

AVs are more than a transportation issue and will have significant impacts on real estate. Expect AVs to affect parking, sprawl, housing prices, and transit.

August 24, 2017 - Urbanism Next Blog - Sustainable Cities Initiative

U.S. Steel Plant

An Ambitious Plan for New Housing on Chicago's South Side

A South Chicago neighborhood will get 20,000 new residential units if a plan goes through.

August 5, 2017 - Chicago Tribune

San Francisco, California

Density Debate Fills San Francisco's Balboa Reservoir

Developers, neighbors, and housing advocates are debating the fate of the Balboa Reservoir. Their visions for how many units should be built there range from 680 to 1,245.

July 12, 2017 - Beyond Chron

San Bernardino Skyline

One Developer's Idea for Regional Housing Solutions in Southern California

New housing development is off to a slow start in Los Angeles in 2017. Although the city defeated an anti-growth ballot measure, LA is still faced with a number of policy and legal challenges to building an adequate supply of affordable housing.

July 5, 2017 - The Planning Report

Nightime view of San Diego skyline

San Diego Activists Form Coalition to Respond to Homelessness, Housing Crisis

A diverse coalition of social justice, labor, and environmental groups have come together under the name Build Better San Diego to troubleshoot and advocate for affordable housing, writes affordable housing developer and advocate Murtaza Baxamusa.

June 8, 2017 - UrbDeZine

Apartment renter

Rents and Inequity Rising Together

U.S. landlords are getting a bigger share of the economic pie than they ever have before, according to new government data.

May 10, 2017 - Market Watch

Stanford

$2.5 Million is Too Much for a Teardown

Palo Alto has become so expensive, plots of land with derelict houses sell for millions of dollars. Mathew Yglesias argues allowing small municipalities to make their own zoning laws is partly to blame.

May 6, 2017 - Vox

Sign at Silver Lake's Sunset Junction

Exposé: Development Obstruction in Los Angeles

Homeowners groups use their influence to extract payments and concessions in Los Angeles.

April 15, 2017 - LA Weekly

Oceanside

Removing California's Costa-Hawkins Act and the Future of Rent Control

In an attempt to combat prohibitively high housing costs in California, some look to repeal the 1995 state law that limits the power of local rent control ordinances. However, removing those restrictions would likely exaggerate current problems.

April 5, 2017 - Reuben Duarte

Colorado Homes

Denver Residents Voice Aesthetic Concerns Over New Housing Developments

The Denver FUGLY Facebook page makes the case that developers are building too many boring tan and rust-colored buildings in Greater Denver.

March 16, 2017 - CityLab

Chicago Blue Line

Apartments Zoned Out of Near North Side Chicago Train Stations

Zoning around Chicago's public transit in relatively affluent areas won't allow for density or any kind of housing other than single family homes.

March 16, 2017 - Chicago Cityscape

Portland

Relief for the High-End Renter in Portland

Portland has built many new apartments in the city's core, and that seems to be slowing down rent growth in the area.

March 14, 2017 - The Oregonian

Midpoint

California Pushing Out Low Income Residents

California has lost a quarter million low income residents over the last decade, in large part because of the high cost of housing.

March 9, 2017 - The Sacramento Bee

Jefferson park Blue Line Stop

Mixed-Income Development in Chicago's Jefferson Park Faces Protest

A development on Chicago's Northside faces protests and picketers who don't want new density, height, or low income residents.

March 1, 2017 - Chicago Reader

Brooklyn Brownstones

Housing and Opportunity

In a new article and accompanying policy brief, Arthur Acolin and Susan Wachter of Penn IUR write about their new research into the relationship between housing access and opportunity.

February 16, 2017 - Penn IUR Urban Link

Pasadena Urged to Purge Poison Pills from ADU Reform Ordinance

Pasadena is adopting accessory dwelling unit (ADU) reform in response to state legislation designed to spur affordable housing options by easing restrictions on ADUs. But is it really entrenchment dressed as reform?

January 30, 2017 - UrbDeZine

Uber Lyft Departure

Driving Uber, Sleeping in Parking Lots

In San Francisco, many who drive for Uber sleep in parking lots and live elsewhere to avoid sky-high rents.

January 26, 2017 - Bloomberg Business

Paris Aerial

Paris Officials Blame Airbnb for Shrinking City

Paris's most tourist-friendly neighborhoods are getting less dense: falling fertility rates, rising costs, and home sharing are all suspected as possible culprits.

January 18, 2017 - Quartz

The 'Missing Middle' Affordable Housing Solution

Karen Parolek discusses the 'Missing Middle' that is too often overlooked in discussions about affordable housing.

January 13, 2017 - Modern Cities

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