Housing
Boston's Big Dig: A $125 Million Change Order
Boston's Big Dig faces yet another major price increase. And there's no end in sight.
Affordable Housing To Be Served At Fast Food Restaurants
Will this approach to home ownership be the special sauce that gets more folks in to affordable housing?
To Revive Old Cities, Be Inventive
William Hudnut, chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute Public Policy, is writing a book on reviving old cities.
Military Base To Tourist Attraction
San Francisco's old Presidio military base will be converted to a tourist attraction and campus.
Seattle Puts Affordable Housing In The Driver's Seat
Under a plan approved by the City Council, developers who want to build big must contribute to a new city housing fund or set aside more of their new buildings as low and moderate income housing.
More Cities Are Misapplying Eminent Domain
Courts question the use of eminent domain to simply transfer property to another private owner.
HUD Joins Faith-Based Group For Home Renovation Project
A Washington, D.C., faith-based group is teaming up with HDU to renovate and sell hundreds of vacant homes in the D.C. area.
Development Vs. Dinosaurs
In Golden, CO, priceless dinosaur footprints may be threatened by plans for a new golf course.
The Impact Of Removing Rent Control
Despite active affordable housing efforts, Cambridge suffers after rent control ends.
Reviving Las Cruces
Citizen-led groups in Las Cruces, New Mexico struggle to rejuvenate an ailing downtown.
Interagency Council To Fight Homelessness
HUD Secretary Mel Martinez is reactivating a federal council that will coordinate the activities of 15 agencies as part of a comprehensive effort to improve the delivery of federal services to homeless individuals and families.
Toronto's Waterfront Plans Should Be Abandoned
David Lewis Stein makes the argument that plans to rebuilt Toronto's port area should be abandoned and the funds should be used to serve Greater Toronto's fast growing outer cities.
Community Looks To Spur Growth, Slowly
Petuluma, a small city 40 miles north of San Francisco, is planning on allowing new development in the face of increasing pressure for housing and revenue.
Transit Villages Springing Up In Los Angeles
Sylmar, a suburb of Los Angeles in San Fernando Valley, has planned a series of housing projects around Metrolink commuter rail stations.
Book Review: Suburban Nation
Marin Pedersen reviews the book -- "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by New Urbanism pioneers Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck.
Redeveloping Suburban Strip Malls
Planners in Massachusetts look toward mixed-use projects to revitalize casualties of "big box blight."
Transit Villages: A National Trend
It's a growing national trend: linking commercial and residential projects to transportation hubs. There's one in Sylmar,CA.
Can 'Boomburbs' Evolve Into Walkable Communities?
A recent study by the Fannie Mae Foundation examines the "boomburb" phenomenon and finds that these giant suburbs are uniquely positioned to become walkable communities with downtown centers.
Sprawl More Expensive Than Infill Development
University study says new sprawling development in Bakersfield, CA will be expensive, and the city should consider infill development instead.
New Urbanism Guru To Study Fort Myers Redevelopment
Andres Duany was awarded a contract to study and outline a master plan for downtown redevelopment of Fort Myers, FL.
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
