Blogosphere: Our Big Fat Housing Problem
July 22, 2010|Mother Jones
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It's a pretty good piece, and it gives me a chance to distinguish between good and bad in this particular genre. It's almost indisputable, I think, that the federal government has massively favored the expansion of homeownership over the past six decades....
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FAQs For Applying For Sustainability Planning Grants
July 22, 2010
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Racing against Monday's looming deadline, HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities is rushing out extra material to help answer questions about the department's two new planning grants.
Blogosphere: We Can't Afford This House
July 21, 2010|National Review (via Yglesias)
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At the end of June, the House of Representatives voted to extend the $8,000 homebuyers' tax credit, by an extraordinary margin of 409-5. The Senate approved the measure on a voice vote...
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Blogosphere: Washington Uses Transit for Development
July 21, 2010|Next American City
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For decades, many urban planners have argued that the link between transportation and land use is unbreakable; the kind of communities we live in directly affect the way we get around, and vice-versa...
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Bay Area: Saltworks Projects Promise Wealth of Benefits
July 21, 2010|San Jose Mercury News
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Residents of Redwood City's mobile home parks enjoy something rare today on the Peninsula - affordable housing in a place that promises to once again be a robust job market. Living where we do, however, has a number of downsides....
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Bay Area: Air Quality Rules Could Stifle Urban Dev
July 21, 2010|San Francisco Business Times
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Developers worry that new air quality guidelines could delay or kill urban housing projects by adding costs and time to the approvals process and exposing developments to more lawsuits...
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Quote of the Day
July 19, 2010|Charlotte Observer
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"This is way too high, and way too dense for something with 50 percent of its borders on a historic district,"
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Charlotte: Neighborhood Against Development
July 19, 2010|Charlotte Observer
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To some Dilworth residents, the Charlotte Housing Authority's rezoning request is too much, too close, and too high. The agency wants to redevelop 17 acres it owns along South Boulevard into mostly market-rate housing. If the authority is approved, a developer could add 1.3 million square feet of housing, offices and retail to the area, which surrounds the Strawn Apartments...
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Denver: Land Near Yale Yards Bought for Aff Housing
July 19, 2010|Denver Post
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The Urban Land Conservancy paid $1.3 million for 1.3 acres near the Yale light-rail station. ULC purchased the property at 5155 E. Yale Circle using Denver's Transit Oriented Development Fund, created to buy property around transit stops....
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Blogosphere: Bridging Gap of Preservation and Transit
July 15, 2010|Housing Finance
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A key place where green building and affordable housing goals coincide is access to transit. In many ways, "access to transit" or "transit-oriented development" is just shorthand for building in a location that connects with a variety of community amenities. "Transit" can include fixed rail, regular bus service, or even ferry service in the right locations. ..
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