Housing
Armpit Of America?
Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten is accepting nominations for the "Armpit of America."
Homeownership Tax Benefits Spatially Skewed
This paper finds that the tax benefits associated with owning one's own home are skewed spatially, with a few areas receiving large benefits and most areas receiving small ones.
Revitalizing Cleveland's Older Suburbs
Cleveland's aging communities team up to market postwar era housing.
The Wonders Of Suburbia
Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.
Henry Cisneros On Revitilization And The New Economy
Urban housing reclaims former HUD Secretary Cisneros with his new company, American CityVista.
Are Construction Bans Legal?
Courts debate if municipalities can employ construction bans to control growth.
Empty Cambridge Plaza High-rises To Be Imploded
The Philadelphia Housing Authority demolishes a housing complex north of downtown.
Mega Sprawl
In the next fifty years 10 western states will develop land the size of Cuba, according to a University of Colorado report.
Massachusetts Faces Affordable Housing Battle
In the fiercest fight over low-cost housing in decades, lawmakers square off over legislation to determine what role communities outside of Boston will play in alleviating the state's housing crisis.
Utah's Sprawling Exurbs
Utah's high-income 'exurbs' are growing twice as fast as Utah's population.
San Francisco Bay Vs. Airport
In this Chronicle editorial, Savethe Bay urges San Franciscansto take a stand against SFO's new runway development plans.
Arguments Against Smart Growth
A recently study comparing growth management in Portland and Atlanta raises concerns that smart growth may not be all that smart after all.
Chicago's North Shore Redeveloping Its Main Streets
Though the last few decades have seen rapid suburban sprawl, several North Shore communities are embarking on redevelopment projects to put life back into older neighborhoods and rescue failing downtowns.
Urban Sprawl In America
Is the American Dream really the same as urban sprawl? National Geographic investigates.
Non-Profit Promotes Shared Housing
Project Share, a non-profit organization that matches "home providers" with "home seekers" in Berkeley and Oakland, is helping to meet housing needs in the Bay Area and finding seniors the extra help they need.
Emerging Trends In Multigenerational Communities
A new real estate niche emerges -- communities for multigenerational residents.
California Struggling To Manage Growth
Despite some of the best minds in the nation and its creativity in movies and technology, California lags behind the rest of the nation in controlling growth.
Housing Costs Driving Academics From Boston
While Boston has long been an nternational hub for university life, ich with labs and libraries and cademia's juiciest cocktail parties, the city is increasingly a tough sell to professors due to high housing costs.
Winter Park Avenue To Return To Mixed Use
City leaders envision more growth along Park Avenue, with new offices and even loft apartments moving in above the street-level businesses, a decades old concept that used to be the norm.
Top 100 Construction Firms
The Engineering News Record publishes the top 100 construction and construction-management firms in the U.S.
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.
Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
