Recent Articles

• Bringing the Concepts of UrbanPlan to More Public Officials

  September 13, 2017

  Toledo, Ohio, has recently experienced a series of economic wins that are resulting in the rapid redevelopment of its urban core. In July, the first UrbanPlan for Public Officials workshop to be delivered to a single jurisdiction was held at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, with a diverse group of local decision makers engaged in the program, including the commissioner of housing, the chief building officer, and members of the planning commission, citizens’ boards, and city council.

• Projects in Boston, Newark, and Austin Win ULI Kemp Award

  September 11, 2017

  Newark’s Hahne & Co. Building, Boston’s Mosaic on the Riverway, and Austin’s Wildflower Terrace were selected by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing as the winners of the 2017 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. The annual award, which honors developments that ensure housing affordability for people in a broad range of incomes, is given to developments in which all or a portion of the units are affordable to households earning up to 120 percent of the area median income.

• Washington, D.C., Department of Housing and Community Development Wins ULI Housing Policy Award

  Washington, D.C.’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has been selected by ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing as the winner of the 2017 Robert C. Larson Housing Policy Leadership Award, an annual recognition of the innovative ways the public sector is addressing the country’s affordable housing crisis. DCHD, chosen for the award by a jury of national housing industry leaders, was honored during the Terwilliger Center’s Housing Opportunity Conference in New Orleans.

• The Damage from Extreme Weather—and Challenges for Rebuilding

  September 1, 2017

  While Hurricane Harvey was certainly a historical event, each event exposes vulnerabilities resulting from how we’ve built in the past. Each event also yields lessons about how to make our cities resilient, and ultimately more competitive.

• How You Can Help Houston—Now and Later

  August 30, 2017

  A message from ULI Americas Chairman Trish Healy and ULI Americas CEO Ralph Boyd on how ULI members can provide relief aid to flood victims as well as support rebuilding for the future.

• Baltimore’s New Zoning Hoped to Boost More Mixed-Use Development

  August 8, 2017

  Revisions to Baltimore’s zoning code include a new zoning category—“industrial mixed-use”—which both city officials and local developers hope will spur economic development while preserving neighborhood character throughout the city.