Washington lawmakers, cities and housing advocates are all in favor of building denser housing near transit stops. But no one can agree on exactly how to do it. With about seven weeks to go in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A proposal to pave the way for denser housing types across what have long been traditional single-family suburban neighborhoods in Littleton has hit a hard ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Littleton city leaders are ready to cast a final vote Tuesday on a proposed change to its land-use code that could spur the construction of denser housing ...

The Pennsylvania legislature has bipartisan interest in easing up local zoning rules to allow for denser housing – although the concept’s political future isn’t clear-cut, as was seen during a House ...

Columbus officials have identified 62 major street and road corridors they believe are best suited for for higher-density growth through future zoning changes, which could lead to taller buildings and ...

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In San Francisco’s Sunset District, rows and rows of pastel-colored, two-storey ...

That occurred in denser municipalities with downtown areas and older neighborhoods: Columbia, Denver, Christiana, Millersville and Lancaster city. So far, it’s not entirely clear why. “I'm not sure ...

Living in bigger, denser settlements allowed the inhabitants of ancient cities to be more productive, just as is true for modern urbanites, according to a new study by scientists at the University of ...