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1 month ago | planning.org | Meghan Stromberg

Planning Magazine Sacramento’s La Valentina light rail station is steps from an affordable, infill apartment project of the same name. Today, it would sail right through the approvals process, but when proposed in 2011, the project needed nearly 20 variances, exceptions, and other special approvals. Photo by Bruce Damonte. Finding and paying for housing these days is difficult.

1 month ago | planning.org | Meghan Stromberg

Planning Magazine After seeing Jeffrey Goodman speak at the 2024 National Planning Conference, 20 new planners joined the Krewe D’Ensité in 2025 (along with the King Cake Baby mascot from the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans). Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Goodman. Planners excel at engaging with people in the communities they serve, but what about connecting with one another?

1 month ago | planning.org | Bill Jones

Planning Magazine The Willows at East Greenville, an adaptive reuse project in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, required preservation of the historical character of the century-old buildings. Photo courtesy of Ingerman. Each of the 71 units inside a new mixed-income housing development in the East Greenville borough of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has the feel of something fresh and new. But the place also has a history, a story to tell.

Dec 5, 2024 | planning.org | Jon Depaolis

Planning Magazine In Florida and elsewhere, manufactured homeowners often do not — or cannot — get insurance. Photo by Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast.

Oct 31, 2024 | planning.org | Jon Depaolis

How do you fix a housing crisis? The simple answer — build more housing — isn't always possible. Construction costs, labor shortages, land acquisition, and even shipping delays can make a project infeasible. There may not be a public or governmental appetite for rentals or multifamily developments. Anchorage, Alaska, faces several of these challenges — some of which don't impact communities in the Lower 48 nearly as often.