Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and California State Northridge used a set of mathematical and statistical models to explain how improving bureaucratic processes in building departments could have outsized effects on increasing the rate of housing development.
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Windsor, Ontario is fighting the federal government’s housing plan in order to “protect the character of the neighborhood.”
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Planners– don’t procrastinate until New Year’s Eve. You literally have two whole years in your licensure cycle. Do your continuing education units *today.*
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An uncomfortable situation in which the client wants to demolish buildings to add parking spaces. Let’s push back and say, “what about this other thing instead?”
Read MoreThe Michigan Municipal League thinks that a modern take on pattern zoning might actually help encourage better infill and planned development.
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If you, like me, are a part-time transplant resident of the District of Columbia– and are a policy nerd, no
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A new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.
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Marvin John Heemeyer bulldozed a few buildings before shooting himself dead after a years-long dispute with a municipal government. While an extreme example, it’s a credible indictment of city governments that embrace inflexible paths to things like code compliance.
Read MoreApple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!
Read MoreThere is this old chestnut in the right wing media echo chamber that goes something like this: “Capitalism provides variety!
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