Housing
Homeownership Causes Sprawl
As long as homeownership is a fundamental part of the American dream, we won't have livable cities.
Housing Market Forces Boston Communities Apart
Neighborhoods around Boston are facing dramatic changes as the battle for housing -- any housing -- heats up.
Ohio Vs. Kentucky
A nearly perfect plan has been created for Cincinatti's riverfront. So what's wrong?
Now It's Commuters Who Come Back To San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, the Orange County city famous for its 225-year-old mission, has recently hired two teams of consultants to assess the effects of growth on the city and devise plans to preserve the community's unique character.
Jacksonville's Downtown Renaissance
Downtown Jacksonville gets its first large residential tower/complex.
Arts-Condo Project To Bring Housing To D.C Downtown
A project plans to renovate a nine-story building into condominiums, some of which will be lower-cost units to attract artists.
Artists' Housing Can Revive Downtowns
Projects to provide artists housing in downtown areas can revive troubled downtowns.
Southern California's Tech Space Shakeout
Southern California's commercial real estate market has taken a beating by the technology slump.
Gehry Caught In Playa Vista Crossfire
Architect Frank Gehry attempts to take both sides in Los Angeles' controversial Playa Vista project, one of the biggest land developments in the city's history.
Why Housing In Rural America Matters
Housing Assistance Council finds that far too many rural Americans still lack decent, affordable housing.
San Francisco's San Quentin May Become Suburbia
Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, San Quentin -- the oldest penitentiary in California -- may be razed and replaced with housing.
Orange County, CA Faces More Development
With ever higher rents and low vacancy levels, Orange County's only choice may be to move ahead with more development if it wants to house its work force.
Developers Look For The Road Name Less Traveled
Planners in the fast growing Charlotte area say growth is making it harder to christen streets.
Successfully Blending In Affordable Housing
A postive lesson for advocates of mixed-income housing.
Town Uses
A mixed-use, infill project is giving San Bruno the makings of a small town.
Recycling Architecture For Schools: Is It Viable?
Converting existing buildings into schools is seen as a solution by some for California's urgent school shortage. Opponents think conversions are more expensive than new construction.
When A Small Town Becomes A Boom Town
Across the nation, small towns such as Alachua that are on the verge of turning into boom towns struggle with the question of whether to grow or protect the small-town lifestyle.
Harvard Looks Forward To Boston
Harvard University now owns more land in Boston than back across the CharlesRiver in Cambridge and the university has plans to expand on its 102 acres in the Boston neighborhood of North Allston on land that now houses a truck graveyard and one-story wa
Raising Arizona
The desert state is growing fast; the challenge will be to grow smart.
Kansas City Improves Its Downtown
Lofts, trails and other improvements will tie downtown together.
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.
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
