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Are Rents About to Crash?
(Source: Unsplash/Aaron Sousa.) America is in the midst of a housing crisis. If we listen to those concerned about housing affordability, rents are already too high and may only go higher. If we...
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Alex Alsup: How Much of the U.S.'s Housing Stock Is Locally Owned?
This week on the Strong Towns Podcast, host Chuck Marohn is joined by Alex Alsup of Regrid, an organization that, among other things, has put together the only 100% complete national parcel map for...
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Why Biden’s Plan To Build, Build, Build Won’t End the Housing Crisis
(Source: OSD Deputy Secretary of Defense.) President Biden has posted the following to X (formerly known as Twitter): The budget I released has a plan for 2 million more affordable homes, including an...
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The Dangerous Side Effects of Free Parking
(Source: Helena Lopes, Pexel) For New York City, parking reform is key to achieving better streets. This was driven home for me earlier this month, when I traveled with my six-month-old son to visit...
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America’s Governors Have a New Plan To Overcome Polarization
Source: johnhain, pixabay Unless you’ve been on a self-imposed media blackout for the past 10 years, you’ve probably noticed that “toxic polarization” is diverting Americans from the pressing...
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Inside the Notorious Gridlock of Colorado's I-70
Since the 1970s, the number of cars on I-70 between Denver and its surrounding resorts have jumped more than 500%. Coloradans and frequent visitors know that, in order to reach the mountains during...
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39 Collisions a Day: Fed Up Residents Fight for Safer Streets
Scene of a collision on Henderson Highway. It was a perfect blue-sky day, and before 8 a.m., at least two people’s days were already ruined.An hour earlier, I’d been walking with my son toward the bus...
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How Your City Can Ensure It Can Afford Its Infrastructure
Lake Street runs through downtown Chisholm, MN, and is up for renovation soon. Understanding the real costs and long-term liabilities of our infrastructure is essential for the long-term prosperity of...
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Pointless Parking Mandates Almost Killed a Food Hall in Pittsburgh
With the parking mandate in place, Lawrence Hall sat empty and unused. A 6,000-square-foot building at 4609 Butler St. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has lived many lives since its construction in 1890....
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Multidecade Mortgages Are Dumb, and Here Is Why
A lot of people have been sharing a version of this tweet, some of them (financial people) focusing on the home price appreciation and others (housing advocates) focusing on the lack of housing...
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The Strong Towns Tension With YIMBYism
(Source: California YIMBY.) The Strong Towns approach to housing has some obvious tension with NIMBYs, but what about the YIMBY movement? That’s the topic for discussion on the table for today’s...
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Zoning Reform Is Helping This City Avoid the Housing Crisis
California has a housing problem. A city in Mendocino County is figuring out how to solve it.In 2017, California state law SB 1069 fertilized the ground for the production of Accessory Dwelling Units,...
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Boo! DC Reverses Plan To Add Bike Lanes to Major City Street
Last year, Strong Towns wrote about Washington, DC’s, bold plan to reconfigure Connecticut Avenue with 2.7 miles of bike lanes and a host of pedestrian-friendly design features. We called it a “rare...
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Incremental Development: How to Avoid the Bust by Avoiding the Boom
If you’re among the large number of Americans who want to see rents come down and stay down, then recent trends in apartment construction should concern you. I follow enough real estate folks online,...
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Department of Justice Opens Criminal Investigation Into “Housing Cartel”
The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into a major software company called RealPage, which is described in the lawsuit as the “big tech” company of rental housing. It...
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Housing Isn’t Meant to Be Affordable
This article was originally published, in slightly different form, on Strong Towns member Michel Durand-Wood’s blog, Dear Winnipeg. It is shared here with permission. One of the most talked about...
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Loosen Up: How Mixed-Use Zoning Laws Make Communities Strong
(Source: Amy Gizienski, Flickr) One of my favorite things about living in a neighborhood with a lot of young families is the way children make their presence known. I love the sights and sounds of...
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The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…Alleviating Neighborhood Poverty at a Root Level
Christian Grey is a native of Southern California, but now resides in Omaha, Nebraska, with his family, where he is the executive director of inCOMMON Community Development, an organization that aims...
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The Suburban Approach Won’t Help Us Out of the Housing Trap
(Source: Avi Waxman on Unsplash) I have been watching the zoning reform efforts coming out of the Connecticut Legislature to address housing affordability and availability in the state. These efforts...
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Whatever Works (Doing What You Can To Survive the Housing Crisis)
This article was originally published, in slightly different form, on Strong Towns member Johnny Sanphillippo’s blog. Granola Shotgun. It is shared here with permission. All images for this piece were...
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