AltWeeklies Wire
Eco-Construction Blooms in New Orleansnew
More and more contractors and do-it-yourselfers are learning the advantages of green building techniques in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Ire on I-20new
GDOT brushes off claims of vindictive behavior, but charges of illogical decision making in constructing sound barriers are becoming harder to deny.
Metro Spirit |
Murfee Faulk |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Tumbling Downnew
Officials fear the Appleby Branch Library's outbuilding will soon crumble. But they don't have the money to make the much-needed repairs.
Metro Spirit |
Amy Christian |
03-12-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Philly's Homeless Services Grassrootsnew
Behind the big shelters and agencies, tiny do-gooder groups keep people alive.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeff Deeney |
03-11-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Is Vermont Disappearing?new
Yes, and a new study says there's only one solution.
Seven Days |
Brian Wallstin |
03-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
DeKalb's Oldest Home May Soon Disappearnew
Brookhaven's Goodwin House for sale and could be demolished.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-05-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Bitter Homes & Gardens?new
City hall's "density hawks" are changing L.A.'s DNA.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Leigh Morris |
02-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Chicago is Losing its Landmarksnew
The city's architectural heritage is disappearing -- with help from the people who are supposed to protect it.
Chicago Reader |
Lynn Becker |
02-25-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Asleep on the Street in Portlandnew
Approximately 1,400 people sleep on the city's streets -- and for a night, I was one of them.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
02-21-2008 |
Housing & Development
Sit-Lie Ordinance Takes Aim at Street Kidsnew
Portland's controversial sit-lie ordinance appears to be targeting a distinct group of homeless youth, according to the latest enforcement statistics from the mayor's Street Access for Everyone (SAFE) committee.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
02-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Shelter Shufflenew

Inside San Francisco's confounding system of housing the homeless.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
02-13-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
New Orleans Homeless Encampment Has a Survival Culture All Its Ownnew
The 200 or so homeless people who live in makeshift shelters under an overpass in the shadow of downtown have formed a community in which they look out for each other and work together to find homes for their members.
Gambit |
Greg Thomas |
02-13-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Can Mike Foley House Santa Barbara's Homeless?new
Life is not always peaceful when you're at the helm of Santa Barbara County's largest homeless shelter.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Isabelle T. Walker |
02-11-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Virginia Assembly Can't Kill HPV Vaccinenew
Last year, Virginia joined Texas as the only states to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papillomavirus, a move that outraged social conservatives in both places. Now in Virginia, legislators are trying to push back requirement’s start date, or kill it altogether.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
02-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Life After Turcotnew
The grandiose swoop and curves of Montreal’s most iconic interchange will make way for an entirely new structure, its layers of flyovers and elevated highways replaced by a new structure that hugs the ground, surrounded by berms and embankments.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher DeWolf |
01-31-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development