United States

In advance of President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, William Rivers Pitt looks at widespread poverty and the ruins of New Orleans to state, "the state of this union is not good."

February 2, 2006 - Truthout

In an eight-part series, Gannett compiles three months of analysis to expose the serious problems of unchecked growth along the country's shores, along with a host of counterproductive public policies.

February 2, 2006 - Gannett News Service

How the tenants movement of the 1970s and 1980s evolved into the housing and community development movement of today.

February 2, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

In his state of the union address, President Bush says the U.S. is "addicted to oil" and alternate energy source will break its dependence.

February 1, 2006 - CNN

A TRB report explores how sustainability objectives can be introduced into the planning process for surface transportation facilities and operations.

February 1, 2006 - Transportation Research Board

Neal Peirce reviews the flurry of rebuilding ideas taking shape in Katrina-ravaged areas.

February 1, 2006 - Stateline.org

Like the low-income tax credit before it, new-market credits are proving essential to the revitalization of American businesses, investing over eight billion dollars to date in low-income areas.

February 1, 2006 - The New York Times

From pawnshops to check cashers and rent-to-own stores, usurious companies are exploiting the nation's poor, creating a lucrative 'fringe economy' in the process.

January 31, 2006 - Houston Press

With the U.S. automobile industry falling into what appears to be permanent decline, Paul Harris muses on what it means for America's "love affair with the car" when its cars are built somewhere else.

January 31, 2006 - Observer (UK)

Suburban growth has kept our cities livable while they expand, and attempts to limit suburban growth ignore important historical trends, writes Joel Kotkin.

January 30, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.

January 30, 2006 - The Brookings Institution

Latino new urbanism is quickly gaining popularity in California and Texas, the nation's two most populous states and the ones with the largest numbers of Hispanics.

January 29, 2006 - USA Today

In order to avoid creating 'another bureaucracy', Bush does not support creation of a federal corporation to purchase and redevelop damaged homes.

January 28, 2006 - The Advocate

In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Place You Love Is Gone: Progress Took It Away', author Melissa Holbrook Pierson offers her lament for a sprawling nation.

January 27, 2006 - Orion

Ford, GM, and Chrysler have been caught off guard and need to make products that consumers want.

January 27, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

Grassroots groups, developers, bankers and others are sharing knowledge and collaborating on campaigns to change state and local community development policies.

January 26, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

Tired of stalemate, weekend warriors, conservationists, and ranchers are starting to support compromise solutions in the West's land battles.

January 26, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

Eleven towns are weighing the costs and benefits of recent plans tailored to each community, with the option to pick and choose among the various proposals.

January 26, 2006 - Biloxi Sun Herald

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

January 26, 2006 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Topics include linking development, infrastructure, and drinking water policies; protection of water resources with higher-density development; and smart growth and stormwater management.

January 26, 2006 - Environmental Protection Agency