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Chicago: HUD Charges Developer Over Accessibility
Chicago Breaking News
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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(July 28, 2010)
Santa Rosa: Cannery Developer Wants Senior Housing
Press Democrat
The developer of a transit-oriented project at Railroad Square wants to shift the location of affordable housing units in an attempt to jump-start a companion project. The John Stewart Co. is asking the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency for permission to move 68 senior housing units from the "transit village" on SMART's property to the adjacent Cannery project Stewart also owns...
(July 27, 2010)
Dallas: Colin County Feels the Pressure of Seniors
Dallas Morning News
Tim Montgomery built his own retirement home. In a land of McMansions, he limited his Celina house to one story. He widened bathroom doors to fit wheelchairs. He planned a spare bedroom for elderly parents. He designed his kitchen table to hold at least eight hungry grandchildren....
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(July 26, 2010)
Blogosphere: Gentler Suburbs for Growing Old
The New Republic Avenue
Monday's New York Times profiled New York City's effort to make itself friendlier to its burgeoning senior population. The city is already home to 1 million people age 65 and over, and is projected to add another 350,000 to that total in the next two decades...
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(July 23, 2010)
Quote of the Day
World Changing
"By then, China will have more than 220 cities with populations of more than a million (by comparison, Europe today has only 35 cities with one million+ inhabitants)"
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(June 29, 2010)
Blogospher: Suburban Market Declines, Demographics
ULI Ground Floor
The current decline in demand for suburban "trade up" housing is more than just an economic correction; it is the result of a seismic shift in demographics and consumer behavior according to James Chung, president of Reach Advisors, speaking at the ULI Real Estate Summit at the Spring Council Forum in Boston last week....
(April 23, 2010)
AARP Public Policy Institute Livable Communities
conducts research and policy analysis to develop and advance AARP’s public policy agenda on livable communities issues.
The Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities Team conducts research and policy analysis and brings together thought leaders to develop and advance AARP’s public policy agenda on livable communities issues. The team examines critical public policy issues that affect the ability of people to successfully age in their homes and communities by promoting the livability of communities through affordable and accessible housing and mobility options. Our goal is to foster sound and creative solutions that meet the challenges of an aging society and to inform state and national policymakers, opinion leaders, researchers, program planners, and administrators.
(April 13, 2010)
Blogopsphere: Remake Transport Policy to Market
The New Republic Avenue
David Brooks' column in the New York Times today made reference to Joel Kotkin's latest book, The Next Hundred Million; America in 2050. Brooks summarizes Kotkin's prediction of the future physical form of the country: "Urban downtowns will continue their modest (and perpetually overhyped) revival, but the real action will be out in the compact, self-sufficient suburban villages."...
(April 7, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Brookings
Understanding the association between employment decentralization and the suburbanization of poverty is important because of the continued growth of the suburban poor...
(April 1, 2010)
Quote of the Day
The Urbanophile
"That's right, Indianapolis would receive an economic benefit of $1.3 billion every year if the region increased its college degree attainment by just one percentage point."
(March 29, 2010)
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