Happy 4th of July to all our readers in the United States! Here are some things you can read, watch, and listen to over your long weekend. Have a safe and fun holiday! Grassroot Wins This past we...
TOP STORY The Texas Supreme Court upheld two lower court rulings in favor of the City of Houston and its Historic Preservation Ordinance! Two residents in the Greater Heights neighborhood challen...
It’s summertime and you’re probably ready to skip out of work early Friday afternoon, tuck a good book into your bag, and head to the beach. And if you’re anything like us, you may want to ...
This poll asked about preservation-related books in thirteen categories. PlaceEconomics colleagues suggested books within each category to constitute the survey, but for every question there was ...
In case you missed it, check out Alyssa Frystak’s recent PlaceBlog about the relative property values and rents in three neighboring multi-family properties in her neighborhood. The National ...
May 28, 2021 | Alyssa Frystak Last week, as I was walking around my Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago, I noticed the above scene. These three buildings–a 3-unit apartment building built...
https://hs-intl.com/missing-middle-housing-a-micro-analysis-from-andersonville-chicago/
PRESERVATION, DEMOLITION, & SUSTAINABILITY As you read this week’s news roundup, check out Waste Dive’s news roundup that covers topics like collections and transfer, recycling, organics, zer...
Housing affordability is a crisis level problem. Historic districts are not the cause of the affordability crisis but are disproportionately being affected. Preservationists feel a responsibility...
https://hs-intl.com/prespoll-results-historic-preservation-and-affordable-housing/
HOUSING & GENTRIFICATION This month, we conducted a PresPoll on ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units.) As explained in the survey, we described ADUs as “independent housing units that occupy a lot th...
We were thrilled to see such strong support for the conversion or construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (or ADUs) across the board in results from our latest PresPoll and couldn’t agree more...
https://hs-intl.com/adus-in-historic-districts-providing-affordability-and-gentle-density/