Land Supply's a Problem for Destin Housing Program
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--Destin is ahead of many Florida cities in planning for affordable housing, but other cities have something Destin doesn't, city committee member Nancy Weidenhamer says.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 14--GRAND TERRACE -- Plans for the city's first senior-housing  complex and new senior center will be delayed at least six months because of a  successful legal challenge to the project.
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Turning potential housing into inhabited homes is proving to be a major challenge for the city.
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By CAREN BURMEISTER  A Beaches affordable housing coalition is criticizing a Mayport Road workforce housing project for not targeting income groups like the 800 families who lost their homes when their residences were sold and converted to condos.
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It takes residents of these 12 spots longer than most to afford a median-priced home.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 10--Lenders who foreclose on contaminated properties would have to disclose hazards to buyers under a bill being considered in the Legislature.  "This is just huge moral issue in my view," said state Sen. Karen Fraser, D-Olympia.
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Bang on a Canâs Peopleâs Commissioning Fund is a lovely idea, but the fine print in the program book shows that the grass-roots ideal is not easily reached.
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By JULIAN WALKER; OLYMPIA MEOLA  A group of Henrico County residents took issue with new homes proposed for their area, and they told their supervisors so. Their opposition could cost them more than $5 million.
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Smaller banks find problems in some commercial real estate loans.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 6--Tarrant County commissioners must wait to send a letter to Gov. Rick Perry asking him to veto an eminent domain bill, because the full court must approve such a move, and one member wasn't present at Tuesday's meeting.
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The Bush administration is working to combat the country's severe housing crisis but there is no simple solution, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Monday
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Long a model for protecting rural areas, the state faces a property-rights backlash.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 9--No matter how much effort city officials put into preparing a city budget, it can't budget for everything.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 22--A developer is forfeiting what potentially could be a multimillion-dollar housing subdivision to boost a Bucks County program aimed at preserving farmland.   Richard Zaveta, who runs Zaveta Construction Co.
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Handing over more greenfield land to housing will not curb rising prices, say campaigners.
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By Ken Singletary, The Wisconsin State Journal  Dec. 18--McFarland has an option to buy a 19-acre tract that just about everyone involved agrees would make good parkland, but the village is having trouble finding the remaining money for the purchase.
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By Denis CuffSTAFF  A conservation group announced a deal last week to buy a half- square-mile of spring-fed grasslands and oak forests north of Clayton, where county-approved growth limits scuttled plans to build housing.