Salt Lake City: Transit, Density Concern Citizens
Salt Lake Tribune
While areas of this South Davis County community adjacent to the freeway have exploded with big-box growth, the future of the city's old Main Street is in question. For several months, city planners have worked with consultants and the community to refine a land-use plan for the one-mile corridor between Parrish and Pages Lanes...
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(September 2, 2010)
Denver: Study Shows Impact of LIHTC Near Transit
Journal of Tax Credits
Affordable housing built with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) creates millions of dollars in local income, taxes and local jobs for the Denver metro area, according to a recent study by Dr. Elliot Eisenberg, senior economist at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)...
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(September 2, 2010)
Denver: Study Shows Impact of LIHTC Near Transit
Journal of Tax Credits
Affordable housing built with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) creates millions of dollars in local income, taxes and local jobs for the Denver metro area, according to a recent study by Dr. Elliot Eisenberg, senior economist at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)...
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(September 2, 2010)
Santa Rosa: Senior Housing for Railroad Square
Press Democrat
The developer of a transit-oriented development in Railroad Square asked Wednesday to shift the location of affordable housing to make the project financially feasible, saying it could be a catalyst for building in the area as a whole...
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(September 2, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Donald Shoup
Does the Antiplanner, who is "dedicated to the sunset of government planning," really believe that government planners know exactly how many parking spaces to require for every economic activity at every site in every city, no matter how much the required parking spaces may cost and no matter how little drivers may be willing to pay to use them?
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(September 1, 2010)
Blogosphere: Partners in Innovation, Transit
NHC Open House
Hardly a day goes by without a story about the housing downturn appearing on the front page of the newspaper. Dramatic changes in the housing market over the last two years have reinforced the importance of affordable homes - homeownership and rental units - for families of all incomes...
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(September 1, 2010)
Denver: Study Shows Impact of LIHTC Near Transit
Journal of Tax Credits
Affordable housing built with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) creates millions of dollars in local income, taxes and local jobs for the Denver metro area, according to a recent study by Dr. Elliot Eisenberg, senior economist at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)...
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(September 1, 2010)
Blogosphere: The New Suburban Dream
California Planning and Development Report
My nephew and his wife recently had their second child, and they are following a well-worn path from the city to the suburbs. Four years ago, childless and carless, they lived the urban life in the fashionable Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Cleveland Park....
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(September 1, 2010)
California: Appeal Sought for Raid on Redev Funds
Turlock Journal
The legality of the State of California's unprecedented $2.05 billion raid on local redevelopment funds is under appeal, following a California Redevelopment Association filing on Monday. In May, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly upheld the raid's legality, passed in July 2009 to balance California's 2009/2010 budget...
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(September 1, 2010)
National: Recession Weakens NIMBY Resistance
Costar
Even as the level of new development and construction has fallen to historic lows nationally, a recent study suggests that recession-stung Americans appear to be more willing to support new commercial projects in their communities. ..
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(September 1, 2010)
