Poverty… it sucks. Nelson Mandela gave his famous speech nearly 20 years ago calling for our world leaders to make…
A Regional Transportation District (RTD) parking lot adjacent to the L light rail line in Five Points will soon transform…
The province announced Monday it will buy the waterfront property near Lonsdale Quay to create hundreds of homes. Premier David…
If you ride Metro regularly, you’ve likely seen some of our unhoused neighbors sheltering on the system. After all, enclosed…
First Community Housing is a nonprofit created to develop, construct and manage affordable housing for San Jose and the greater…
It may be surprising to find out how many veterans spend their lives on the verge of homelessness nationwide. Despite…
Pima County is making changes to encourage more low income housing. The change is designed with transportation in mind too.…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of nearly $10.5 million in competitive grant funds for…
The transit-oriented Pacific Station redevelopment project’s final leg — including 126 units of new affordable housing units — kicked off…
On Friday, the MBTA announced the completion of approximately 1,000 units of housing through collaborative agreements to provide affordable housing…
North County Transit District’s board approved exclusive negotiating agreements Thursday with developers proposing to build a total of more…
DENVER, CO – Governor Polis today signed legislation into law that will encourage more housing near public transit, cycling and walking…
As plans to upgrade transportation across Music City move forward, the question of affordable housing and how to make sure…
A new affordable rental development celebrated its grand opening Tuesday in the Grantville neighborhood of San Diego. ShoreLINE, which was…
A lot of people are trying to figure out a basic puzzle: How can they be less reliant on cars,…
Alton Reynolds begins his shift at Civic Center Union Station nearly every morning. Reynolds is the Regional Transportation District’s (RTD)…
The MBTA announced several fare change proposals that aim to improve equity, increase ridership, and simplify fare rules, including the…
In a 4-0 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors passed a policy Tuesday to look at more ways…
With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FTA’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning is helping communities develop local plans to…
Appearing on a recent Mobility Matters podcast, Alex Lastra, a member of the Florida Transportation Commission and real estate developer,…
An amended version of a bill that would encourage more housing near train and bus stations around the state was…
Appearing on a recent Mobility Matters podcast Alex Lastra, a member of the Florida Transportation Commission and real estate developer,…
Lawmakers and some town officials on Wednesday spoke in favor of House Bill 5278, which would offer grants that have been…
Colorado Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would incentivize denser housing development near transit, another piece in the medley of…
The housing shortage may be national, but the problem is local. Where homes get built, how many, what type, how big the lot…
Colorado Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would send millions of dollars to cities that agree to encourage denser…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois announced today it will provide $12 million over five years to community organizations…
New Jersey lawmakers have advanced legislation they say would lead towns to take a more creative approach to solving the…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) to provide CDL driver training and employment for unhoused people.
The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) in California is expanding its nonprofit electric carsharing services to provide more residents…
A proposed federal law would promote transit-oriented development and prioritize funding for jurisdictions that adopt ‘pro-housing policies’ such as eliminating…
For several years there has been a housing crisis in Colorado’s mountain resort towns. In areas like Summit County leaders…
No-cost land transfers of underused transportation assets to develop transit-oriented affordable housing could be a game changer for local governments.
A terminus of the Jacksonville Skyway may soon become the beginning of housing opportunities in Downtown Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Transportation…
Transit-oriented development (TOD), when executed effectively, creates a symbiotic relationship between a community and its transportation infrastructure. Population growth can be…
That was the message Tuesday when officials, including Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, gathered in Salem to announce that Salem and…
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood planning strategy that aims to create mixed-use buildings with appropriate density. This approach ensures…
The city of San Jose and the VTA are announcing plans to move forward with the construction of affordable housing…
When examining the average household expenses in 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed transportation as the second largest expense…
We must ensure that any housebuilding targets are also accompanied hand-in-hand with more efficient urban planning and multimodal transport solutions,…
Residents of public housing in Philadelphia are getting discounted access to Zipcar vehicles as part of a new program funded…
For decades, housing policy and transportation policy in Canada have been planned separately — a factor leading to a housing crisis and…
The California Department of Housing and Community Development has announced a grant of $2,699,407 to the Humboldt County Association of…
Newly released by Transportation Cooperative Research Program. Unemployment, low wages, poverty, and lack of affordable housing are the main drivers…
A long sought after plan to build afforable housing next to the city’s newest train station received some crucial funding…
Mike Hirst, Founder of Andy’s Angels, lost his son to an overdose in 2010. As he began to work with…
Hopelink and King County, WA Metro are teaming up to teach newly housed residents of the county’s 1,600 new affordable…
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is preparing to launch its new fare program for individuals experiencing homelessness in Austin. The HMIS…
Since assuming the position of President of the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry (CCCBI) in 2022, I have had the…
In 2015, social worker Kim Garrett worked at the victim’s services unit at the Oklahoma City Police Department. After seeing…
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is creating the first of four housing developments with 100% affordable units. “This effort…
Frontier Co-Op, an organic food manufacturer in Iowa, recently began working with community organizations to recruit unhoused workers, creating job…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) to provide driver training and employment for unhoused people. The success of the program has been life changing for Mississippians experiencing homelessness, while helping transit providers solve critical driver shortages.
One of the sessions at the American Planning Association’s 2023 national conference titled “Yes, Transit Can Support Affordable Housing” discussed…
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners have approved three affordable, multi-family housing developments on the city’s east…
Homelessness is a problem with many faces. There are people who need help getting off the streets, and there are…
GREENVILLE, S.C. — An Upstate organization is providing a way for its community members to get affordable and reliable transportation.…
On May 2, a young man named Jordan Neely was killed on the New York City subway. Neely, who was…
Connect Transit will operate at zero-fare on Sunday in support of the Fair Housing Fair. The Fair Housing Fair is…
After months of searching for a home for a Craig’s Doors shelter guest who uses state rental vouchers, Jack Myers was…
Weld County (Colo.) is offering its set of solutions to its housing woes as a sensible paradigm, even as state…
A battle over building a housing development near a Baltimore light rail station illustrates why it’s so hard to make viable public…
As part of the Thriving Communities effort, the federal agency will supply technical assistance to revive economically distressed areas. Local…
The need for more housing and sustainable transportation has North County’s transit agency exploring ways to maximize the use of…
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the California Department of…
An estimated 10,000 people will receive the black farecards at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $2.2 million per year,…
A new legislative proposal would encourage increased housing density near transit stations, one of the major pushes for zoning reform…
New legislation introduced in the Washington State Senate could create more opportunity for housing near transit centers, increasing the state’s…
Over the past year, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) has considered tax exemptions for a string of mixed-use housing developments…
As housing costs in Colorado’s mountain towns grow increasingly unaffordable, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is hoping a new…
The City of Denver is expanding transportation access for those experiencing homelessness and who utilize Denver’s shelters. The city’s Department…
Some affordable housing residents in San Mateo County now have access to the pilot project of a free transit pass…
Redwood City is poised to finalize plans for the creation of a new Transit District in the heart of the city. First…
Parkland Health system, in partnership with DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas (DHA), launched 2 community hubs in Dallas earlier this month…
More than three years ago, Charlotte City Council adopted a program to incentivize affordable housing along the light rail by allowing developers…
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is thinking of using extra land from some of its light rail stations as…
Producing more affordable housing is one solution, says Schwartz, but doing so is a challenge in any urban environment for…
A press release from the Chicago mayor’s office announces the passage of the city’s Connected Communities Ordinance, which updates Chicago’s Transit-Oriented Development…
A lack of affordable housing has reached crisis proportions in cities and regions all over the United States. As low-income…
For non-drivers across the country, public transit services are a vital lifeline when it comes to accessing jobs, food, and…
As many businesses and organizations across the Gunnison Valley struggle to recruit and retain employees at varying income levels, the…
New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that…
The low-income and homeless populations continue to face challenges as home prices have increased, and waiting lists for shelters and…
Amazon will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Flagstaff’s Housing as Healthcare program is continuing to connect people with resources to improve their health and housing needs. The…
LAX Station, Green Line, LA Metro System by Ken Lund Across the country, transit providers in rural states and urban…
Across North Carolina, a total of 17 community health mini-grants were awarded, totaling nearly $100,000. These community organizations and companies…
Last May, construction kicked off on a Seattle housing project designed specifically for multigenerational working families — a population that’s…
The Greater Atlanta Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Preservation Fund provided financing for Lincoln Avenue Capital to acquire GE Towers today, preserving…
How can a city encourage affordable housing residents to use transit and shared bikes and scooters more often? Results from…
Portland State University researchers worked with the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to evaluate a local pilot incentive…
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has introduced its Transit Supportive Community Development (TSCD) Program — a key initiative of…
Georgia’s United State State Senators have introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act in an effort to fund construction of public transportation specifically…
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors Thursday voted to update its Joint Development Policy to prioritize…
MARTA and Goldman Sachs announced Friday they are teaming up to help with a $100 million initiative for more affordable housing…
The city of Chicago launched of a pilot program to reward community-driven projects that encourage healthy, sustainable and equitable development near transit. The…
On June 10, the National Center for Mobility Management continued its partnership with the Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration,…
At a recent workshop, the county commissioners had a real conundrum on their hands. Polls say that residents want to…
With the National Low Income Housing Coalition reporting that the United States has a shortage of seven million affordable homes,…
Boulder County Mobility for All, Boulder County Housing and Human Services (BCDHHS), and Colorado CarShare are thrilled to announce the…
Based on real-time data and a focus on individuals, the “Built for Zero” model for delivering homeless services is designed to…
The RTD board will take a final vote next week on a new policy designed to encourage more housing to be built on…
“Most of them [residents] don’t have transportation or anything like that, or wouldn’t even have the knowledge that they were…
People will emerge from this economic recession deeply scathed: way below and way behind where they were before the pandemic.…
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) announced a partnership with Morgan Stanley and National Equity Fund (NEF) to establish…
The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation plans to build a low-income housing development at 2550 Irving St. near 26th Avenue, one…
Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) and the Traverse City Housing Commission (TCHC) are moving forward with plans to build a…
Legislation from Democratic Councilmember Will Jawando would restrict rent increases at properties within one mile of Metro, Purple Line and…
Jeffery Rich, authority director, offered comment on behalf of the organization. The authority, like the county, Lock Haven University and…
The housing amenities that were working for us a year ago now seem somewhat outdated following COVID-19. This crisis dramatically…
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the East Boston Community Development Corporation, and Affirmative Investments today celebrated the groundbreaking for the Grace…
15-minute city Housing’s Price noted, “To ensure the balance of equity, the growing best practice is to create a 15-minute…
The Luminaria Senior Community site is located in a city-wide target area for transit-oriented development which encourages development within a…
Ann Arbor’s City Council will discuss Monday night the possibility of increasing the housing density along transit corridors. It’s all part of…
The Oakland Planning Commission unanimously approved a huge housing project at the West Oakland BART Station last week, part of…
In various parts of the country, cities are using performance analytics and other mainstays of smart city technology to drive…
Affirmed Housing, together with its development partners, has opened The LINK, an 86-unit permanent supportive housing property in downtown San…
Mayor Andre Sayegh (Paterson, NJ) launched a new initiative on Thursday afternoon that covers transportation fare for the homeless, letting…
West Tennessee Farmers’ Market has partnered with Jackson Housing Authority to make this possible.
More than 100 units of mixed-income housing in uptown Charlotte will be open to renters beginning in 2022, developer Laurel…
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is looking to build 328 apartments at the Blossom Hill light rail station in…
A 2019 law that tackles housing affordability through city planning has entered its “toddler stage” but it’s still too soon to measure…
Just a few weeks ago, Portland, Oregon, passed a landmark zoning reform to address middle housing that Philly could learn…
Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health & Housing Equity (PDF) examines how structural racism and discriminatory policies led to housing and health…
As a key pillar of its anti-poverty and equitable economic growth agenda, the City of Chicago today released its first-ever…
The City of Austin, TX has created an interactive map tracking the proximity of income-restricted housing to available transit, ahead of a…
The Falmouth Economic Development and Industrial Corporation will apply for a $50,000 technical assistance grant to develop a master plan…
Town officials remain cautiously optimistic on a plan to create a new affordable housing neighborhood on land owned by the…
“Portland’s city council set a new bar for North American housing reform Wednesday by legalizing up to four homes on…
Residents in subsidized-cost housing often have complex needs that necessitate a variety of supportive services. Transportation access is integral to…
The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index provides a comprehensive view of affordability that includes both the cost of housing…
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