Land Planning How Coastal Cities Are Thinking About Development With increased flooding and severe storms, U.S. coastal cities are rethinking how they build, Urban Land reports. More frequent flooding...
Land Planning Build-for-Rent Trend Growing in Master Planned Developments As built-for-rent housing gains acceptance, it is increasingly being included in master planned communities, John Burns Real Estate...
Land Planning How To Get a Free Tiny House in Your Backyard A new startup is looking to address California’s housing crisis by building backyard apartments in exchange for a share of the rental...
Land Planning New Homes Face Threat of Flooding in Coastal States At the current rate of construction, 17,800 homes built after 2009 will be at serious risk of climate change-induced flooding by 2050, Route...
Smart + Resilient Cities Current Building Patterns Could Put 802,555 Homes at Risk of Flooding by 2050 Coastal cities are seeing an uptick of building in flood-vulnerable areas, putting an estimated 802,555 homes at risk of 10-year flood...
Land Planning New Zoning Law Severely Limits Housing Options in Des Moines A plan passed by Des Moines’ city council severely limits the types of new housing that can be built, from minimum lot size requirements to...
Land Planning Half of Homebuyers and Sellers Oppose Housing Density A new survey from Redfin found that 53% of homebuyers and sellers support limiting housing density in their neighborhoods, while only 27%...
Land Planning Philanthropists Fight Blight in St. Louis Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Bill Pulte of Pulte Group have committed to funding the demolition of abandoned buildings in St. Louis, the St....
Land Planning The Single-Family Ban in Oregon Could Triple Portland’s Available Housing If it passes, Oregon’s ban on single-family zoning could triple the for-sale housing stock in Portland, Redfin reports. The bill, which...
Land Planning New Amazon Headquarters Aggravates Housing Shortage in Northern Virginia Amazon’s newest headquarters is already putting stress on Northern Virginia’s lacking affordable housing, Curbed reports. As soon as the...
