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08-13-21
Book Review: Furthering Fair Housing: Prospects for Racial Justice in America’s Neighborhoods
In Furthering Fair Housing: Prospects for Racial Justice in America’s Neighborhoods (2021, Temple University Press), influential housing thought leaders delve into the history of the fair housing and community development movements that have worked to improve housing opportunity for nonwhite households and provide perspectives on potential pathways forward.
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07-22-21
Solution File: Courtyard House Clusters Offer Post-Pandemic Appeal
“Atrium quads” can provide private, secure, spacious, flexible, single-family urban living at densities comparable to those provided by garden apartments.
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03-29-21
Helping Small and Large U.S. Landlords Survive a Downturn
As the new appointees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development settle into their roles, they face challenges both old and new. Ethan Handelman, the new deputy assistant secretary of the agency’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, addressed the 2021 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference in March.
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01-25-21
Offering Solutions to Help Stem the Housing Affordability Crisis in the Phoenix Metro Area
Demonstrating the connections among health, social equity, and living environments, ULI Arizona is offering solutions to boost housing affordability.
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01-11-21
In Brief: Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities for 2020
The Villages, a retiree-focused community northwest of Orlando, in 2020 once again topped RCLCO’s listing of the 50 top-selling U.S. master-planned communities. Total new home sales among the communities were 20 percent higher in 2020 than the previous year, RCLCO reported.
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12-14-20
Undoing the Policies and Practices That Created Residential Segregation across the United States
The segregation of urban neighborhoods across the United States since the Great Depression was largely created by policies and practices established and enforced by local and federal authorities, Richard Rothstein, author of the bestselling book The Color of Law, said during a group discussion with ULI members at the 2020 ULI Building Healthy Places Forum.
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10-26-20
Industry Leaders See Costs Dropping, Interest Increasing in Healthier Homes and Communities
ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: Health is not just a trend in real estate development but an important factor that differentiates projects and benefits people and communities, Randall Lewis, ULI Foundation governor and executive vice president of Lewis Management Corp., said at a 2020 ULI Virtual Fall Meeting product council session he moderated on healthy living principles.
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10-26-20
ULI Forecast Sees Increased Improvement in Outlook for U.S. Economy
U.S. real estate economists predict generally improved economic and property market news for the rest of 2020, as well as for the following two years, compared with their forecasts of six months ago, according to the fall 2020 ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.
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10-19-20
Climate Migration Is a Growing Reality in the United States
ULI MEMBER-ONLY CONTENT: As COVID-19 has changed housing preferences and led to some migration away from metropolitan areas, climate change also is beginning to trigger migration in the United States, said experts at the 2020 ULI Virtual Fall Meeting.
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10-15-20
Multifamily housing experts have seen financial and energy savings, plus improved resident retention, from their efforts in sustainability, health, and reduced energy use.