Affordable Housing

Bricks

Neighbors Demanded a Wall Around a Habitat for Humanity Development in Florida

Habitat for Humanity agreed to build a wall around 166 new affordable homes as a necessary compromise for approval.

November 7, 2018 - NBC 2

Chicago El Tracks

Are Chicago's Transit Oriented Developments Generating Enough Affordable Housing?

Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood is the scene for a very contemporary land use policy debate: how much affordable housing can cultivated from the development opportunities in proximity to transit lines?

November 6, 2018 - Chicago Tribune

Boise Idaho

Californians Are Leaving the State for More Affordable, Greener Pastures

Skyrocketing housing costs in California are pushing people out to other parts of the country.

October 29, 2018 - Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Milwaukee

Vacancy Problem Intensifying Milwaukee's Affordable Housing Issues

The city has plans to increase affordable housing, but some areas are seeing more progress than others.

October 28, 2018 - CityLab

British Columbia

Vancouver's Incoming Mayor Has an Ambitious Housing Agenda

Vancouver Mayor-elect Kennedy Stewart has made some big, ambitious promises when it comes to housing construction in the expensive city.

October 27, 2018 - The Globe and Mail

Brownstone brownhome

Report: Investors Bought Two-Thirds of NYC's Affordable Homes in 2017

Investors dominate the affordable homeownership market in New York City.

October 27, 2018 - Crain's New York Business

Chicago, Illinois

The Lincoln Park Story

In The Battle of Lincoln Park, Daniel Kay Hertz chronicles the gentrification of Lincoln Park, and shows how its residents displaced renters and the poor.

October 26, 2018 - Michael Lewyn

Charlotte North Carolina

For Many Charlotte Residents, Affordable Housing Still Isn’t Affordable

Over the last decade and a half, the city has put millions of dollars into affordable housing. But the help is not reaching Charlotte’s neediest residents.

October 25, 2018 - The Charlotte Observer

San Francisco Construction

Survey: Public Not Sold on New Supply as a Solution to the Housing Crisis

The public and the "urbanism cognoscenti" do not see eye to eye when it comes to housing policy. A new survey makes the disconnect in opinions on matters of supply, regulations, and affordable housing very clear.

October 23, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Homeless

L.A. Ends 'Veto' Power Over Homeless Housing

Anti-poverty advocates had criticized the "pocket veto" as arbitrary and unfair—and the state agreed.

October 22, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Accessory Dwelling Unit

ADUs Benefit Wealthy White Homeowners, Study Finds

Cities like Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, and now Seattle are pursuing equity-based agendas for ADUs.

October 22, 2018 - The Urbanist

San Diego Construction

Momentum for Rewriting San Diego's Inclusionary Zoning Policy

Ineffective in more way than one, San Diego's inclusionary zoning policy is under the microscope.

October 20, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

On-Street Parking

Section 8 Not Welcome

More landlords are refusing Section 8 vouchers for housing, neither willing to deal with the federal bureaucracy nor to risk missing out on the peak windfall of an expansive rental market.

October 15, 2018 - The New York Times

Twin Cities Assembly Plant

Plans for Massive St. Paul Mixed-Income Development Revealed

Occupying a site where Ford once manufactured automobiles, the eco-friendly, mixed-income development seeks to add 3,800 units of housing over the next decade.

October 12, 2018 - Twin Cities

Del Mar Station TOD

Another SB 827? Ambitious California Housing Bill Isn't Quite Dead Yet

It received a lot of press, but ultimately California's Senate Bill 827 went nowhere. Now, the state senator who introduced the bill is working with advocates who opposed it on another version that just might have better chances.

October 11, 2018 - Curbed Los Angeles

Austin Texas

Bond Measure Seeks to Remedy Austin's Affordable Housing Woes

A bond referendum on the November ballot would help Austin increase its supply of affordable housing.

October 10, 2018 - Next City

School Chlidren

San Jose Proposes Turning Schools into Teacher Housing, Faces Outcry

A San Jose Unified School District plan to relocate several schools and build affordable housing in their place has sparked controversy. The district says teachers increasingly can't afford to live in the area.

October 9, 2018 - The Mercury News

Affordable housing

Seattle to Use Surplus Public Land for Affordable Housing

New municipal and state laws have made it possible for Seattle to sell excess land to affordable housing developers at below-market rates, or even to give it away.

October 5, 2018 - Crosscut

Community Meeting

Community-Based Planning: A Case Study

When neighborhoods are allowed to plan and zone without considering the regionwide interest in increasing housing stock, scarcity results.

October 5, 2018 - Michael Lewyn

Nightime view of San Diego skyline

Not All of San Diego's Inclusionary Zoning Funds Going to Affordable Housing

San Diego finds itself having to explain how its inclusionary zoning program spending diverged from expectations.

October 4, 2018 - Voice of San Diego

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