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Crowded Cities; Expensive Parks; and Difficult Landlords: Urban Insights From Around The Web
Highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
Crowded Cities; Expensive Parks; and Difficult Landlords: Urban Insights From Around The Web
Highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
How Do You Approach "Preservation" When It's Not Buildings That Are At Risk?
In San Francisco, officials are experimenting with ways to protect cultural institutions and businesses, as opposed to buildings and plazas.
Houston's diverse. But its neighborhoods? Sometimes that's another story.
Houston's Floods, Austin's Apartments; and Arlington's Ballparks: Urban Insights From Around The Web
Highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
What the Evolution of Two Frank Sharp Developments Says About Houston
Who could have predicted that two communities, built by the same developer, to serve the same population, would diverge so starkly?
Third Ward Looks to Shift the Gentrification Conversation
As the area continues to attract interest, Third Ward community organizations work to promote "development without displacement."
Texas Leads Country in New Housing Units Built
And Fort Bend County has one of the fastest growing housing stocks in the country.
Where Transportation Makes Affordable Housing Unaffordable
In many parts of the country, federal low-income housing programs place poor families in locations that force them to spend big money on transportation.
Which Sun Belt Cities Are Building the Most New Single-Family Homes
Interactive HUD data shows how cities build homes.
Without Zoning, Equity in Houston Becomes More Complicated
Houston's lack of zoning creates a two-tiered system for land-use, critics argue.
Two Houston Neighborhoods, Historically Divided Along Racial Lines, Partner in the Face of Change
Houston's Fifth and Second Wards find value in teaming up.
New Housing Trust Fund a Small Step Against Growing Affordability Gap
A new HUD program will help address housing affordable issues, but it may be only a drop in the bucket.
Some critics say zoning creates sprawl. But if that's the case, how do you explain Houston?
Phoenix, Houston, and the Rest of the Sun Belt Cities Are Misunderstood
Cities across the South and Southwest have a reputation for being unsustainable. Maybe it's time to rethink that label.
How the "Missing Middle" Can Make Neighborhoods More Walkable
One designer argues that housing like the duplex can save cities.
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