• Honey, Our House is Historic!
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   October 2006
• Buildings from the mid-20th century are becoming eligible for landmark status. Local governments are trying to decide which are worth preserving.

• Land Rush
• BY: John Buntin   |   February 28, 2006
• From his fifth-floor office, Garnet Coleman can almost see the gleaming new urban lofts lapping at the edge of Houston's Third Ward. Artists began moving...

• Having Their Say: Baltimore Agency Wins Some Breathing Room
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   December 2005
• In a sign that Baltimore's embattled housing authority is turning things around, the agency has been accepted into Moving to Work, a federal program that gives local housing agencies wider management leeway. Currently in place in 23 cities, Moving to Work allows housing agencies flexibility to create solutions specific to their communities.

• A New View of Sprawl
• BY: Alan Ehrenhalt   |   October 2005
• The conventional wisdom about suburbs and sprawl can change dramatically over time.

• How Dense Can You Get?
• BY: Rob Gurwitt   |   August 2005
• Staten Island is the epicenter of the national debate over balancing the need for affordable housing with the desire to control development.

• Hud Creates a Housing Crisis
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   August 2004
• Cuts to Section 8 funding leave local housing authorities in the lurch.

• Martinez Moves On
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   February 2004
• Mel Martinez left the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in December to run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Florida.

• No More Give and Take
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   December 2002
• Dozens of New England towns still hold to a tradition of honoring their oldest residents by presenting them with elegant ebony canes. And some localities are starting to let those citizens--and their descendants--keep the walking sticks for good.

• Hud the Unlovable
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   December 2002
• The federal housing agency changes its focus every couple of years. The only constant is local frustration.

• Snouts are Out
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   November 2002
• American houses used to be known for their front porches. Now, just as often, it's their garages that stand out. Homes with large garages jutting out in front have become so common that architects have coined a name for them: "snout houses."

• Subsidizing Blight
• BY: Christopher Swope   |   May 2002
• Federal housing vouchers are supposed to break up concentrations of poverty. Often they just create new ones.