Why the housing shortage defies easy math—and what cities can do about it
For municipal leaders, the real takeaway is this: any meaningful improvement in affordability will require building more homes. Whether your...
Portfolio homes show how pre-approved designs can scale
By resolving code compliance questions upfront, cities can reduce delays that add carrying costs and risk to housing projects.
Can Kansas really afford this stadium?
If this were a clean, easy case for tax-exempt financing, officials wouldn’t be managing expectations this early. That they are...
Why American cities stopped building — and how to fix it
Over the last half-century, we’ve built a governing regime designed to stop government from doing harm. And it largely succeeded....
Dome, Convention Center are the opposite of ‘regional assets’
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The vanishing starter home
For much of the postwar era, the starter home served as a practical entry point into the housing market. It...
The math doesn’t work: Kansas’ STAR bonds alone can’t fund a Chiefs stadium
The STAR Bond district would need to generate an additional $2.45 billion in new taxable spending for the state’s 6.5%...
What the Twin Cities teach us about how cities should—and shouldn’t—fix housing
St. Paul’s rent control ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent for most units, regardless of turnover or inflation....
Why minimum lot size reform should be on every city’s housing agenda
Minimum lot size requirements restrict the number of homes that can be built, even where demand and infrastructure support more....
New York’s toll zone cut pollution sharply — here’s what cities should know
Pollution levels inside the toll zone dropped by about one-fifth, and smaller improvements showed up across the city and surrounding...
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