Michael Dudley

<p>In the current issue of Housing Policy Debate, Reid Ewing and Fang Rong argue that sprawling urban form contributes to higher residential energy use. Two responses -- one from Samuel Staley and another by John Randolph -- rebut the paper.</p>

<p>Rising natural gas, heating oil and electricity prices are becoming a major financial burden for millions of Americans, and without more generous relief programs many could face service shut-offs.</p>

<p>A new study shows that supermarkets have migrated away from Canada's central and poorer neighborhoods, turning them into 'food deserts' with minimal access to more expensive food.</p>

<p>This video from <em>CNN</em> looks at a home being planned in Connecticut that will have 26 toilets.</p>

<p>The latest figures show that more than 500 California households have gone into foreclosure each day in the first quarter of 2008.</p>