Housing
San Diego Called Out for Section 8 Housing Discrimination
San Diego was identified for its failure to enact a Section 8 housing discrimination ordinance in a recent American Bar Association article. Poverty law attorney Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi explains the situation.
Start Up Will Buy Your House and Let You Live There for the Rest of Your Life
A new service targeted at seniors buys homes, but lets the previous owner stay.
Predatory Loans Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination in Atlanta
Contract-for-deed mortgages, which don't give home buyers ownership of a home until they pay off the entire loan, are legal, but a lawsuit alleges the ones made by Harbour Portfolio Advisors violated the Fair Housing Act.
Chicago Coach Houses, Legalize 'Em
Coach houses could provide affordable housing and revenue for home owners if they were more widely permitted in the city.
Homes, Not Parking
The Balboa Reservoir is the perfect spot for housing in San Francisco, Nicole Lindler argues, and the notion that it should remain a surface parking lot shows badly disordered priorities.
Confusing Architectural Tastes for Moral Judgement
Kate Wagner argues that moral arguments about what kind of architecture is fitting, can stand in the way of good planning.
Silicon Valley Isn't Really Over
Though a handful of recent articles predicted "peak Silicon Valley," new numbers show the region is still producing lots of good jobs and attracting plenty of venture capital.
The $5 Billion Question: Will Cities Win or Lose in the Bid for Amazon's Second Headquarters?
We asked more than a dozen urban experts: How will cities gain or lose from the competition to host Amazon's second North American headquarters?
Seattle Public Hearing on Affordable Housing Surprisingly YIMBY
Fort Lawton, an affordable housing proposal including over 200 units, got a warm reception at a meeting in Seattle.
Marin County's Resistance to Growth is Keeping Housing Prices High
The median home value in Marin County is well over a million dollars, thanks in part to the county and its residents keeping low income housing and development out.
No, Your City Is Not Overcrowded
One common argument against new housing (especially in Manhattan) is that the city is "overcrowded."
High Rents: Are Construction Costs the Culprit?
Rejecting the common argument that cities can never be affordable because of high construction costs.
'Millennial Livability' Takes Shape in Suburban Inland Empire
The Inland Empire's housing boom and economic growth are attracting plenty of new residents—especially millennials.
Navigating the Unchartered Waters of U.S. Housing Policy: Current Challenges and Solutions
Vincent Reina, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow, writes about the current state of U.S. housing policy.
A New 'Transit Homeless Action Plan' for Los Angeles
Transit can be a vital resource for the homeless. In Los Angeles, where that population is growing, this is doubly true.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
