Did land-use regulation contribute to the housing bubble? The idea is no comfort to Smart Growth fans, but it's the conclusion of new research [PDF] from a pair of economists...
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Earlier this week, The Washington Post featured an article by Jeffrey O'Connell headlined, "DC affordable housing policy has put up a goose egg."  The article casts a pall over the city's new inclusionary zoning program, citing a city report to the effect that the law had created no new affordable homes in Washington between last August, when it went into effect, and March of this year...
 

The Obama administration on Tuesday tiptoed closer to overhauling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announcing a conference next month to begin a public discussion on how to remake the nation's system for funding home loans...
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As construction moves forward on the Central Corridor Light-Rail line, city and county officials are exploring how the track could boost development near the future West Bank station...
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Tired of long commutes, heart-stopping gas bills and brown air? Private developers, local governments and the state of California are working on an answer. It's called infill development. It strives to build the next generation of California's housing in neighborhoods that are well-planned, walkable, have parks and green spaces, are near jobs and public transportation, and have shopping close enough that you don't have to start up the minivan to get a quart of milk. Read On

"As the new development came in, you weren't kind of leaving people who had been there forever in the dirt," Read On

A local architect and developer was charged Monday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development with housing discrimination for designing and building a Chicago apartment building that it alleges does not comply with accessibility requirements....
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The Atlanta Beltline is using a community land trust that would keep and create more than 5,000 units of affordable housing in the city, Channel 2 Action News has learned. Organizers said it's an effort to keep residents already living in city limits, and entice new residents to move in..
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