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Moving San Mateo County Forward: Housing and Transit at a Crossroads

TRANSFORM HOUSING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Silicon Valley is booming. The economy has come roaring back since the 2008 downturn. Thousands of new jobs have been created. In fact, between 2010 and 2017,...

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Why Creating & Preserving Affordable Homes Near Transit is a Highly Effective...

TRANSFORMCALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION Executive Summary California is currently debating how to invest greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade auction proceeds so that they result in real,...

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Reduce Speculation and Limit Gentrification: Penalize Absentee/Pied-à-Terre...

The cities where housing prices are highest and the gentrification debate is the most forceful — places like San Francisco, New York, Vancouver BC, and London — all share one quality: they’re world...

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The Macro View on Micro Units

URBAN LAND INSTITUTE A common perception exists that unit sizes in new apartments have been shrinking as developers seek higher density and higher revenue per square foot to offset rising land value...

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Transit-Oriented Development in Lakeview, Illinois

LAKEVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Lakeview is historically a dense community that developed around its CTA stations, and demographic trends since 2000 continue to reinforce the central role of transit in...

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Jersey City, NJ: Housing Development Implosion (Video)

Jersey City is in the middle of a $100 million-plus project to revitalize its affordable housing. As part of this initiative, the city teamed up with EarthCam and Prestige Building Companies to...

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Innovative Financing Helps Universities Grow

Written by Mary Scott NabersPresident and CEO, Strategic Partnerships Inc. Texas A&M University recently announced plans to expand its student housing capacity by more than 3,400 beds with a unique...

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Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability

CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY Executive Summary Late at night, when Chicago sleeps, apartment parking lots are at their peak usage. When CNT visited those lots and garages at 4:00 a.m., though, we...

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Pushed Out: Housing Displacement in an Unaffordable Region

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION (RPA) Over the past decades, New York City and much of the surrounding region has experienced a remarkable turnaround. Our robust transit system, walkable neighborhoods,...

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Affordable housing – the crisis continues and municipal leaders, aware of the...

Written by Mary Scott Nabers President and CEO, Strategic Partnerships Inc. Smart Cities and Affordable Housing As city leaders struggle to help their communities become “smart cities,” elected...

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