Housing
Linking Smart Growth To Funding
Massachusetts' strategy to support afforable housing by linking smart growth with state financial aid is greeted cooly.
When A Casino Comes To Town
The formerly impoverished Chumas Indian tribe now inspires fear for the region's wealthy homeowners over casino resport plans.
City And County Employees Struggle To Afford Housing
Municipal workers in the Washington D.C. region are being priced out of the home market as housing prices double in four years.
Brooklyn: The Real Estate Holdout
Brooklyn has been a long-time holdout of the modern MLS system for transacting real estate. That's about to change.
Buy A School As Your New Home
Urbanites craving a more rural lifestyle for their home or business are buying entire school campuses in the midwest for as little as $25,000.
Michigan Legislature OKs Affordable Housing Fund
Program to boost home ownership also helps cities.
Affordable Housing Lawsuit To Halt Redevelopment
A $1.3 billion redevelopment project faces another hurdle: a lawsuit over its lack of affordable housing.
Regulatory Obstacles To Opening A New Private School
A new Reason study suggests thatstate and local government restrictions are discouraging theconstruction of new private schools and driving up tuition prices.
New Development With An Old-Town Atmosphere
Howard County, Maryland will soon convert farm pasture into an expansive mixed-use community in the image of old-town America.
Millions Find Affordable Housing 'Out of Reach'
The National Low Income Housing Coalition has released a report showing that, with few exceptions, most States have cost-of-living rates that far exceed their legal minimum wage rates, leaving affordable housing "out of reach" for many.
Ten Tips For Acoustical Design Success
Wieland Associates's newsletter provides a list of the top ten noise and vibration ips for new construction.
Experts Urge Inclusionary Zoning To Ensure Affordable Housing For NYC
Should New York use both mandatory and voluntary inclusionary zoning toguarantee affordable housing?
An Urban Real Estate Cartel For Affordable Housing
To succeed in 2008, Democrats must establish a disciplined, national, urban real estate cartel.
Cleveland CDC Abandons Role As Developer Of Last Resort
Is Ohio City Cleveland's first neighborhood to turn the corner, or just to turn its back on affordable housing?
University Makes Downtown Commitment
New Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor commits to major investment plan in the Rust Belt City's center.
Airport-Driven Urban Development
The area around the Baltimore-Washington International Airport attracts new growth.
Contrasting Views On Developer's Achievements
biographers debate Columbia developer James W. Rouse's legacy.
Rumblings In REITland
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are facing strong competition for investment dollars.
A Property Tax 'Crisis'?
Tax assessors are taking a bigger bite out of household finances. Now taxpayers may be "biting back."
Affordable Housing Is Good Business
The first affordable housing project to combine special green building funding with federal low-income housing tax credits breaks ground in Seattle.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
