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ReThink There's a lot of fear and misinformation out there, but a new public relations initiative called ReThink is trying to change that.
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Postcard
Moving? Move Your House Instead
A historic home is moved - by truck and boat - about 100 miles to Vancouver Island.
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Rankings
The U.S. Cities Where Young Adults Are Most (and Least) Likely To Live at Home
Metro areas with low rates of marriage, high unemployment, and low educational attainment have the largest share of 'boomerang' kids.
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Charts
A Hidden Casualty of the Housing Crisis: Public Schools
Property taxes are still down, which means schools are still cutting staff. Will the teaching economy ever recover?
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Maps
In Search of a Cure for Zombie Neighborhoods
A new study details the rise of abandoned properties in Buffalo.
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Photos
For Rent: An Apartment in a Water Tower
$3,900 will get you a room in this renovated tower, complete with a fire escape walk-up.
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Charts
Number of the Day: 7,630
That's the number of U.S. traffic deaths in the first three months of this year, up 13.5 percent from the first quarter of last year.
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George Lucas's Lesson to NIMBYs: Careful What You Wish For
The filmmaker lost a long-running zoning battle with his California neighbors. Now they may get something they want even less than a movie studio in their back yard: low-income housing.
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Charts
How the Suburbs Gave Birth to America's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
Diverse suburban neighborhoods now outnumber those in their central cities by more than two to one. Can we help guarantee their success?
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Urban Wonk
How Sprawl Makes Droughts Worse
No, it doesn't cause water shortage. But sprawl can exacerbate some of its impacts, in at least two ways.
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Photos
Demolitions Return to Waterfront Lagos Slum
Stilted homes over the water are being taken down by the government, leaving thousands homeless.
