Topic
Housing
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Land Use Prof Blog
Do restictive laws constrain the market for new housing constuction?
[Fallout from the Housing Slump, Part II] After being gleeful over the early millennium skyrocketing of housing prices (the “last big gift of our nation to the 1946 baby boomers,”…
Land Use Prof Blog
Tear-downs: Annoyance or infill?
[Fallout from the Housing Slump, Part I] Many established neighborhoods are concerned about the “tear down” phenomenon, in which a small house is replaced by a much bigger one. …
Land Use Prof Blog
Returning to rebuild in New Orleans?
The $7 billion that Congress has agreed to pay for home rebuilding in Louisiana is finally starting to make its way to homeowners. According to a report released last…
PropertyProf Blog
More on Katrina: the Plight of Displaced Renters
By propertyprof
Last week, I wrote a post describing the lack of planning leadership in the Lower Ninth Ward and issues of concern for homeowners. The fate of displaced renters is if…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
housing for visits
By legalwriting
There's a new on-line service that helps professors line up housing when they visit away at another school or go on sabbatical:http://www.academichomes.com/I can't vouch for this service, since I've never…
Land Use Prof Blog
Is infill “vertial sprawl” like suburban “sprawl”?
Opponents of high-density infill in their metro neighborhoods have a catchy new name for their reasons: "vertical sprawl." In an article comparing opposition to infill with traditional greenfields development,…
Land Use Prof Blog
Tax housing speculation profits?
The great housing price boom of the past 10 years, at least on the coasts, appears to be over; reports are that prices are finally stabilizing. Why the boom? …
Land Use Prof Blog
Should Montreal be more American?
[Global Sunday] Why can't U.S. cities be more like European ones? That's what many Americans ask when they visit the dense, efficient, and well-maintained cities of western Europe. Even in…
Land Use Prof Blog
A change in CDBG housing criteria?
What makes a city eligible for federal poverty aid? NPR reported this morning about a potential change in HUD criteria for community development block grants, which have risen in…
Land Use Prof Blog
New Orleans, three feet, and politics …
Leading the national news today is that FEMA announced its long-awaited guidelines for rebuilding homes in the New Orleans area. Although complicated by many details, the basic requirement is…