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Housing program grows

Mar. 19--Rebecca Hall and her 6-year-old son have moved six times in the two years she's been waiting on a housing choice voucher.
Historic Delray house will be spruced up

Mar. 18--The A-frame cottage has unmistakably fallen into the cruel hands of decay.
10 Top-Selling Small-Home Communities

Builders across the country crack the code for selling small houses.

Bay Area Builder Bucks The Recession

Regis Homes is averaging at least one sale per week in each of its four active communities.
City Place Live-Work Lofts, Santa Ana, Calif.

2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Live/Work project
Small Attached Homes Make Density Feel Nice

Check out four projects that share walls, look great, and may portend housing’s future.

Potential Buyers Flock to Opening of New Home Series

The Irvine Company and six builders are working in tandem to build and sell nearly 700 homes during the next two years.
A Dry Season

A 2003 United Nation report made a grim prediction: More than half of humanity will be living with water shortages within 50 years. That...
Measure for Measure

A LAND-USE BILL THAT went into effect in Oregon on Dec. 8 shouldn't have a major impact on residential development there. But in a state...

Artist Housing Revitalizes Old Fort Lauderdale

A unique public-private partnership uses affordable artist housing to revitalize one of Fort Lauderdale's oldest neighborhoods.
Is the McMansion Dead?

From accusations of ostentatious overconsumption to environmental indifference, the McMansion has taken some brutal hits in the recession...
Retrofitting Suburbia

Ellen Dunham-Jones urges builders, planners, and developers to look for patches of 'underperforming asphalt' to accommodate future growth...

Meeting Street Communities Combines Panelization and Traditional Neighborhood Design

Efficient building practices allow builder to use high-quality materials on affordable townhomes.
Duany Palter-Zyberk's Latest Take on Traditional Neighborhood Design

DPZ’s latest take on traditional neighborhood design exemplifies what the land planning gurus have learned since Seaside.
A Tale of Two Master Plans

The home building industry is in for a long, grueling winter, but there are signs of spring on the horizon. At opposite ends of the country...

Ambitious Mixed-Use Community Waits For Economic Clouds to Part

Corky McMillin’s Millenia project in Southern California will include 3,000 housing units.
Projects hinge on tax credit changes: Current law limits pool of investors

Mar. 8--Mention an upstate city, and chances are good Steven Weiss knows of a development there that's on hold or, even worse, at risk of...
Recession has delivered hard blow to midstate's commercial real estate

Feb. 28--The commercial real estate industry in Middle Georgia took a powerful hit in 2009, and some say it will take years to see a...

Pulte Offers to Repurchase Homes Damaged by Slope Failure

Builder will rebuild retaining wall that collapsed in this San Antonio community.
San Antonio Takes a Harder Line With Builders After Last Month's Hillside Collapse

A “slope failure” at a Centex subdivision exposes lax enforcement of permitting procedures.
Portland, Ore., May Extend Expiration Period for Building Permits

Other cities in Oregon are considering similar measures, according to local HBA.

High hopes turn to broken dreams for several local projects

Mar. 15--Cranes once swooped, welders once flashed and hopes once ran high at many valley construction projects that broke ground just before the ground broke beneath the economy.
Judge hears arguments in Sunnyvale housing discrimination lawsuit

Mar. 5--A federal judge on Thursday heard arguments on whether Sunnyvale violated terms of a settlement of a housing discrimination lawsuit that stretches back decades.
Local building owners association, Anchorage Assembly clash over Title 21 rewrite

Feb. 19--A proposed rewrite to the municipality of Anchorage's Title 21 land use code would reduce property values, constrain creativity and freedom of choice in laying out new buildings, and emphasize aesthetics over practical concerns, speakers at a Feb. 12 Building Owners and Managers Association of Anchorage luncheon contended.