Planning April 2018
Planning April 2018
Are We Fair Yet?
Fifty years after passage of the Fair Housing Act, segregated housing is still the norm in much of the nation. The Obama administration's 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (suspended last December by current HUD Secretary Ben Carson) nudged cities toward compliance with new resources and reporting and action requirements. Many municipalities responded with housing assessments and plans; Planning's April cover story, "Fair Housing at 50," zeroes in on a multi-jurisdictional effort under way in and around Kansas City, Missouri.
Featured Articles
Fair Housing at 50
2018 NATIONAL PLANNING AWARD WINNERS
Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
planokc
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award
798 Arts District
Sasaki
Beijing, China
National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Advocate
Richard Tollakson
Des Moines, Iowa
National Planning Excellence Award for Planning Pioneers
Margarita Piel McCoy, FAICP
The HUD Secretary's Opportunity & Empowerment Award
Westlawn Gardens
Milwaukee
National Planning Achievement Awards — Gold and Silver
JAPA Article of the Year
"Measuring Informal Housing Production in California Cities"
By Jake Wegmann and Sarah Mawhorter
Best JAPA Article by an Early Career Scholar
"Achieving Regional Housing Planning Objectives; Directing Affordable Housing to Jobs-Rich Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area"
By Matthew Palm
News & Departments
Perspectives
A guest column by Mary Kay Peck.
Intersections
Member news and APA highlights in Planning's newest section.
Letters
All about the columnists.
Planning News
Smart phone apps for homeless counts, Trump's infrastructure plan, state-level net neutrality.
Legal Lessons
Obesity and zoning.
The Commissioner
A bimonthly department aimed at planning commissioners. Edited by Kimberley Jacques.
Research You Can Use
Reid Ewing draws lessons from research on urban sprawl.
Planners Library
Maryland, urban resiliency, zero-carbon buildings.
Et Cetera
Podcasts, Black Panther, Esri on Instagram.
Viewpoint
The LGBTQ community: planning's forgotten minority.
Cover: Illustration by Matt Chase.