An important provision of tax legislation recently passed by congress would expand funding for the Low-Income housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, spurring the creation of 28,000 additional units of affordable rental housing every year.

As the topic of suburban sprawl and antigrowth legislation heats up with the upcoming federal elections, the Sierra Club recently released its second annual report on sprawl.

The Portland city government's official position is their new base zone design standards are a response to past construction standards that have negatively impacted the livability and safety of surrounding neighborhoods.

Over the last 20 years, most of the infill development in the city of Portland, Ore. Has consisted of garage-domnated row houses.

In what some have called a landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court has braced individual property owners' rights over government regulation.

Builders and developers have been winning arguments before the Supreme Court for several years now, each time building on the legal ground of their previous victory.

Since the accessibility guidelines of the Fair Housing Act were issued in 1991, NAHB has made concerted efforts to educate members about their obligation to comply with the requirements.