Bay Area: Saltworks Projects Promise Wealth of Benefits
San Jose Mercury News
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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(July 21, 2010)
Bay Area: Air Quality Rules Could Stifle Urban Dev
San Francisco Business Times
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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(July 21, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Charlotte Observer
"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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(July 19, 2010)
Charlotte: Neighborhood Against Development
Charlotte Observer
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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(July 19, 2010)
Denver: Land Near Yale Yards Bought for Aff Housing
Denver Post
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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(July 19, 2010)
Blogosphere: Bridging Gap of Preservation and Transit
Housing Finance
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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(July 15, 2010)
Blogosphere: Cost of Place Too Much for Working Fams
National Housing Conference
On Monday, NHC and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) made a stop in Minneapolis, MN, half way through their cross-country trek talking about workforce housing issues and livability issues for working families...
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(July 15, 2010)
Blogosphere: TOD in Compton
Straight Outta Suburbia
I wanted to take some time to highlight what the City of Compton has done to reinforce its Blue Line stop and provide affordable homeownership opportunities....
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(July 14, 2010)
San Francisco: Bus Yard Could Be Housing
San Francisco Examiner
A decades-old proposal to transform an aging Muni bus yard near Fisherman's Wharf into a housing development has resurfaced, and the latest plans call for a four-story building with 220 rental units...
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(July 14, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Business Week
"Five years ago you wouldn't have kids fresh out of college living in luxury like this,"
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(July 13, 2010)
