Housing

Affordable Housing: Managing The Message

The right choice of words, stories and images can have a remarkable effect on how the public views affordable housing.

August 25, 2006 - Shelterforce Magazine

U.S. Housing Market Tumbles Further

A two and a half year low in sales of existing homes and buyers' holding out for better deals are just a few signs of the accelerating tumble in housing markets.

August 25, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Los Angeles Wrestles With Accelerating Gentrification

As Los Angeles' old neighborhoods are scrubbed clean and the city begins to embrace density, gentrification is threatening the way of life for residents in many communities.

August 24, 2006 - LA Weekly

U.S. Housing Market Slowing

The housing boom that fueled the U.S. ecomony in recent years appears to be slowing down.

August 24, 2006 - BBC

An Innovative Solution For A Skinny Lot

The Aspen Lofts, a new condominium project planned for downtown Boise, is making use of what others would call wasted space.

August 23, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

Exotic Mortgages Proving Financially Fatal

Dramatic increases in foreclosures in California, Colorado, Las Vegas and Phoenix are being attributed to an "overwhelming use of creative mortgage products."

August 23, 2006 - Central Valley Business Times

Reusing Regional Amusement Parks

Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become housing.

August 23, 2006 - Grist Magazine

Doctor Blames Health Problems On Developers

Where people live has been shown to relate directly to how much they exercise, as well as to excessive child obesity and the increasing incidence of diabetes. Real estate developers are being held to blame for creating auto-reliant, unhealthy towns.

August 23, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Intown Atlanta's Population Explosion

Though the central city's numerous building cranes and new developments fueled population-gain assumptions, new government and regional estimates seem to confirm that intown Atlanta is experiencing a continuing renaissance.

August 21, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Immigration Has Growing Impact On New York's Suburbs

Immigration and gentrification is changing the composition of New York and its suburbs in a trend that reverses long-standing patterns of white flight from the city replaced by immigrant infill.

August 19, 2006 - The New York Times

Drawing Lessons From Major Disasters

A new report contains lessons for planners and other public officials who are concerned about recent public disasters.

August 19, 2006 - Fels Institute of Government

The Garvin Report: A Secret Plan For New York City?

A blog releases a document it claims is a secret "new urban planning vision for New York City" developed by the consulting firm of Alex Garvin and Associates.

August 17, 2006 - Streetsblog

A Prescription For An Ailing Urban Habitat

The ills that affect our cities can be cured with more sustainable urban planning, says one Australian public health practitioner.

August 16, 2006 - The Sydney Morning Herald

The Beginning Of The End For Suburbia?

With high gas prices here to stay, many experts believe suburbia as we know it will be replaced by more dense and urban settlement patterns.

August 16, 2006 - MSN.com

San Francisco Seeing A Shift To The Suburbs

A new census survey offers a startling look at the de-population of older cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially among African Americans, as the flight to the more affordable, outer East Bay communities continues.

August 16, 2006 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Surreal Tale Of Katrina's Planning Mishaps

Fortune magazine provides one of the most thorough accounts of the political shuffling that occurred in Hurricane Katrina's wake.

August 16, 2006 - Fortune

Australia Sounds The Alarm On Cities And Public Health

Suburban growth patterns are among a host of factors considered detrimental to public health in several recent stories featured in the Australian media.

August 14, 2006 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Battle Over Housing In New York's Wealthiest Zip Code

Largely low-rise and industrial, Manhattan's once gritty but now chic TriBeCa neighborhood is facing pressure from developers who are hoping to profit from its desirability by building new high-rise apartments.

August 14, 2006 - The New York Sun

New Town Sets Sights On The Sea

Blighted and forgotten waterfront areas are on track for development in Scotland using 19th century new towns as inspiration.

August 14, 2006 - BBC News

The Downsizing Trend

More and more Americans are trading their large houses for a more 'cozy' place to call home.

August 14, 2006 - MSN Money

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