Housing

In Baltimore, a recent report has called for increasing housing density and decreasing building restrictions to reduce the gap between the need for and the availability of affordable housing.

November 10, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

With Houston's housing market on the rise as once-hot U.S. markets head south, some economists argue the city's lax development controls allow housing supply to keep up with demand.

November 9, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Two new environmentally-friendly housing projects in Chicago are geared towards the city's homeless population.

November 8, 2006 - The New York Times

A new affordable housing plan in New York City has solved some problems facing lower income residents, but has also created many woes for people who purhcased shoddy homes through the plan and have been unable to get any help from the city since.

November 8, 2006 - WNBC via MSNBC

In Boston, labor unions and community groups are joining forces to win victories for affordable housing.

November 2, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

An Australian housing industry body has made the claim that people who can't afford to buy their own homes are contributing to the lack of affordable housing.

November 1, 2006 - The Australian

A Canadian architect has been in the Philippines for the past year designing homes for the country's poorest citizens. His method utilizes whatever building materials can be found to create an easily constructed and long-lasting home.

October 31, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

Columbus, Ohio's New Village Place -- winner of the 2006 James B. Recchie Award for Urban Design -- seamlessly marries market-rate and affordable housing with striking designs that respect the historic character and fabric of the neighborhood.

October 31, 2006 - The Columbus Dispatch

In cities across the country, the trend of downtown housing development is booming. Prices per square-foot have more than doubled since last year in some cities.

October 31, 2006 - The Denver Post via Chicago Tribune

The median price of a new home dropped nearly 10% in September, 2006 -- the largest one-year decline since 1970. Home builders reduce prices to clear inventory.

October 29, 2006 - Business Week

The number of permits issued for new home construction has taken a major downturn in California, where the amount of new home permits has fallen 47% since last year.

October 29, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

San Diego is hoping that a new density bonus will encourage developers to build mixed-income housing instead of buying their way out of affordable housing requirements.

October 28, 2006 - The Daily Transcript (San Diego)

Despite the wave of green building techniques that have appeared over recent years, the energy efficiency of new houses is being offset by a rising average size of single family homes, which has increased by almost 1,500 square feet since 1950.

October 27, 2006 - E, The Environmental Magazine

When an architectural firm decided to locate their office in the Tenderloin District in San Francisco, residents vowed to keep the gritty integrity of their neighborhood from changing.

October 26, 2006 - Wall Street Journal via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Millions of middle-class homeowners may lose their life savings if the economy slides into a severe recession, so why aren't more politicians, bankers, economists and policy analysts taking the threat of a housing market collapse seriously?

October 26, 2006 - Truthout

As the city's core continues to gentrify, many low-income families are being left with few if any options for affordable housing.

October 25, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A record-setting amount of apartments in Chicago were converted into condominiums in 2005, and Mayor Richard Daley has formed a task force to limit the trend which is rapidly diminishing affordable housing in the city.

October 25, 2006 - Crain's Chicago Business

With rapid population growth and lopsided housing development favoring large single family homes, lower-income households in one corner of Middle America are facing housing challenges similar to those in New York and Los Angeles.

October 24, 2006 - The New York Times

Joel Kotkin looks to Reston, Virginia, and other suburban villages as the new way for America to handle an increasing population without succumbing to the negative aspects of traditional sprawl.

October 24, 2006 - Metropolis Magazine

Condo owners and members of homeowner associations, who are already struggling to pay repairs on uninhabitable storm-damaged units and fighting with their insurance companies for compensation and temporary housing, now face possible foreclosure.

October 24, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel