It is common lore in YIMBY circles that Tokyo is such an inexpensive city because Tokyo/Japan has allowed so much freedom to build.  Sometimes it is mentioned that Japanese building and… Read More

Housing has never been more unaffordable. Homeownership rates are falling, rents are rising and young people are trapped by a crazy housing market. Against this backdrop, Sir Keir Starmer sa… Read More

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Today’s links The Lost Cause prologue (part 2): It’s a small world, after all. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon… Read More

The Australian dream of a quarter-acre block with a front and back yard is dead, now replaced with the convenient ideal of the ’15-Minute City’ – which involves securing… Read More

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When advocates for minority tenants in San Francisco rallied outside City Hall in May 2018 against legislation to allow aggressive development across the state, they were met with surprising… Read More

Representatives of organizations partnering to build Orchard View Gardens, a senior affordable housing complex at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Buena Park, California, turn over… Read More

Bill McKibben talks YIMBY and clean energy permitting reform By Samantha Johnstone CCLers recently had the privilege to hear from Bill McKibben joined volunteers watching virtually and in-p… Read More

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.By Jason ParhamThe scene is straight out of Boots Riley&rs… Read More

Affluent cities in San Mateo County are using accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to meet affordable housing targets set by the state, according to a new report by the county’s civil… Read More

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters For nearly a decade, lawmakers hoping to tackle the state’s housing crisis have faced a choice: win the support of the coalition that represents Califor… Read More

Sunrise Senior Living is slated to strengthen its foothold in New York City’s budding luxury senior living market. The McLean, Virginia-based company is in the coming weeks opening… Read More

It was almost a year after Tafhari Franklin moved into the red and teal house on Reed Street in downtown San Jose that he finally unpacked his belongings. A formerly homeless veteran, Frankl… Read More

How Mark Zuckerberg’s Mate Dustin Moskovitz became one of the youngest self-made billionaires? Dustin Moskovitz is one of the co-founders of Facebook, the world’s largest social… Read More

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Visit small businessesto maintain storefronts Re: “Empty storefronts go far beyond downtowns” (Pa… Read More

A report in Autoblog today details the protests that are taking place in Michigan as Ford plans to build a battery plant in the town of Marshall.A plant, which we should note, was slated… Read More

More than $545 million in Bay Area bridge tolls are now free to fund transit and highway projects across the region after the California Supreme Court ended a legal battle between a crusadin… Read More

It is excited to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 11th Annual A+Awards! The Main Entry Deadline is December 16, 2022, so go to work on your proposal right away. A signifi… Read More

MGoRadio 8.7: Rock, Paper, Scissors October 28th, 2022 at 4:50 PM Seth October 28th, 2022 at 4:50 PM Tailgate Tomorrow at Venue Matt a… Read More

Washington, D.C., zoning officials have a plan to further racially equitable development by making the city's approval process a little more complicated. The district's Zoning Com… Read More

It’s just before 7 a.m. on an overcast Saturday morning, and Rob Howarth is sitting at a table near the back of Ferrell’s Donut Shop. He’s focusing on a lottery scratcher… Read More

Arbitrary Lines is the newest must read book on zoning by land use scholar and Market Urbanism contributor, Nolan Gray. The book is split into three sections, starting with what zoning is an… Read More

The above rendering has been released for 96+, a 23-story new development condo located at 2551-2555 Broadway on the corner of 96th Street. Once complete, the building will come with 131 a… Read More

If you read one book about Japan this year, it should be the beautiful, new Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City by Jorge Almazan and his Studiolab colleagues, including Joe McReyn… Read More

Where you live matters. Who chooses in what type of building you can choose to live in matters too. Undoubtedly most people want to live in walkable communities, yet in many areas it’… Read More

A 22-story condo building is rising at 15 West 96th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. The 321-foot development is being constructed as of right, with no no restrictions… Read More

In laudable news, the Pew Charitable Trusts have backed a research project at NYU’s Furman Center to commission and publish work “to understand how specific land use reforms&hell… Read More