Housing

Breaking The Mold In Sprawl Valley

Achieving balance between growth and quality of life in Goodyear, AZ.

February 28, 2001 - The Arizona Republic

Impact Of Apartment REITs On Multifamily Housing

The advantages of REITs’ unique structure, singular ownership, and professional management have all positively influenced the industry.

February 28, 2001 - Urban Land Magazine

Boston's Cardinal Law Fights For Affordable Housing

Bernard Cardinal Law plans to show his support for 'anti-snob' zoning laws.

February 28, 2001 - Boston Herald

Hottest Real Estate Markets For 2001

Many of the markets that registered the strongest demand last year now have a relatively limited number of units available.

February 27, 2001 - Urban Land Magazine

Hollywood Housing Renewal On The Move

Historical apartment complexes are in demand in Hollywood. Vintage buildings are being bought and restored.

February 27, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Seedy Chic In Pasadena, California

Old Pasadena has a successful shopping and entertainment district, and it includes pawn, porn and tattoo shops.

February 26, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Giving The Suburb A Sense Of Town

A bedroom community attempts to create sense of place.

February 26, 2001 - Cleveland Live

Redesigning California: No Good Paradigm

California does not have enough housing, electricity, water, schools or freeways. And people keep coming. What should we do?

February 25, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

A Call For Sound Coastal Planning

At a conference on coastal growth sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy and other environmental groups, Edward T.McMahon, director of land use programs for The Conservation Fund called for careful growth control along Georgia's coastline.

February 24, 2001 - Savannah Morning News

High-density Housing Targets City Sprawl

San Jose, CA, will reserve underused land for new apartments instead developing on vacant land. The decision is being praised for addressing the housing shortage while controlling sprawl.

February 22, 2001 - San Jose Mercury News

FEMA Flood Maps Online

Businesses and consumers can now directly order floodmaps online through FEMA.

February 17, 2001 - Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHA Sale Of Mortgage Loans Yields $94 Million

The Federal Housing Administration's mortgage sales programrecently reached a milestone when it completed the Multifamily and Healthcare Loan Sale.

February 16, 2001 - HUD News

Why Phoenix Is Arizona's 'Valley Of The Sun'

With good infrastructure and and a solid business community, Phoenix has become Arizona's high-tech hotspot.

February 14, 2001 - REIS

S.F. Cries No More Lofts!

The Board of Supervisors approved a six-month ban on the construction of live-work lofts in the city, and also imposed new rules on commercial developers to pay for affordable housing.

February 14, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Growth Control Challenged In Court

California's City of Tracy is facing a lawsuit from a developer claiming that its recent growth control measure goes too far.

February 12, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Anti-Sprawl Arsons In Arizona

Luxury homes are being built at the edge of the desert near Scottsdale. Anti-sprawl activists are burning them.

February 11, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Eco-Arson

Luxury homes in Phoenix are the latest targets by an eco-terrorism group.

February 10, 2001 - The Christian Science Monitor

Ideas For Limiting Growth

Leaders from the San Diego Association of Governments dicussed proposals for coping with the region's growth.

February 9, 2001 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

US' Unaffordable Housing Crisis

The number of Americans that pay more than half of their income towards rent increased 38% in one year. Is this a crisis?

February 8, 2001 - Inman News

The Best New Hotel In Las Vegas?

Las Vegas real estate mogul pronounces his new hotel "the single most wonderful resort in the history of Las Vegas."

February 8, 2001 - Las Vegas Sun

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.