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Affordability
Getting serious about affordable housing
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:27pmWhen I was at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference in Kansas City, I saw a speaker argue that walkability increases property values (a proposition I'm not taking a position on, at least not in this blog post). When someone asked about affordability, he suggested inclusionary zoni... read more »
"Quality of Life"- A Term With Lots of Meanings
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 01/08/2013 - 12:12pmI am in the middle of Jeff Speck's Walkable City, and noticed his statement that walkable cities "provide a better quality of life." (p. 70). But when I lived in car-oriented cities like Jacksonville and Atlanta, I talked to more than one ex-northerner who said they preferred the "quality of l... read more »
Re imagining the SRO as an affordable housing type
Submitted by Heather Smith on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:18pmReading Eric Kleinenberg's latest book Going Solo has a new relevance for New Urbanism and links directly to CNU 20. In an increasingly urbanized world how do we provide for our most neglected populations: the single and homeless?It was gratifying to read Kelinenberg's focus on a new innovati... read more »
Ed Glaeser’s vision of the “bright urban future”
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 5:11am“Knowledge is more important than space,” Harvard Prof. Ed Glaeser told an SRO audience at the Friday morning plenary of CNU 19. And that, he added, is the story of cities writ small.
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#CNU18 CNU's other rock star: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan brings them to their feet
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 10:05amDavid Byrne, move over. There's room for more than one rock star at this Congress.
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How where we live affects how much we drive and what we can afford, illustrated
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 10:10amThe Urban Land Institute has produced a remarkable report that examines in depth how where we live affects how much we drive, and consequently how much we must spend on transportation and housing.
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Video perspective: Emily Talen on affordability
Submitted by Ben.Brown on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 8:23amArizona State University professor Emily Talen, who heads CNU's affordability initiative, talks about the challenges of creating quality housing, neighborhoods, and communities that are also affordab
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