The Housing Plan
May 24, 2006
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m., E.T.
APA Audio/Web Conference

Planners are moving to the forefront in the effort to provide housing and choice to people facing increasing challenges finding safe, decent, and affordable housing. Recent studies show that about 95 million people in the United States face severe housing cost burdens or are living in crowded or inadequate conditions. Regulation is often cited as the cause for high housing costs, but is it? Hear how your community can plan to provide housing for all residents, what the appropriate role of regulation is, and how to integrate the need for housing into a balanced plan.

Planning Law Review
June 28, 2006
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m., E.T.
APA Audio/Web Conference

The past few years have seen important challenges to the legal principles of planning. Yet there have also been surprising rulings that reinforced the tenets of planning, land use, and environmental law. Has the property rights movement gained new ground? How is technology law impacting planning? You cannot afford to miss this annual review of the most significant case law, legislation, and policy related to planning. Legal experts provide a lively discussion of what it all means now and for the next few years.