John McIlwain
John McIlwain
John K. McIlwain is a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute and holds the ULI/J. Ronald Terwilliger chair for housing. He is also chairman of the Center for Housing Policy, the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference...
funding limbo needs people rebuild whether
Right now, many people are in limbo and don't know whether to rebuild or what to do next. There needs to be a plan, and there needs to be funding for that plan, but right now there is neither.
brings field
Our take around here is, if there's a way to do it in the field, that's how we want to do it. There's only so much you can do in the classroom. This really brings it home.
business higher profits tougher urban
It's a lot tougher a business, but the profits are a lot higher in the urban market.
city living pull push traffic
There's a pull from the attractiveness of city living, and there's a push from the traffic and congestion.
approval builders building longer plan suburban takes
It's much more intensive. It takes longer to plan and longer to get approval. The kind of building is very different from what most suburban builders do.
might price reduce sell
In some cases, if they want to sell soon, they might have to reduce their price significantly.