Alan Durning | Sightline Institute

Alan Durning is founder and executive director of Sightline Institute. His current topics of focus include carbon pricing, housing affordability, and democracy reform. Read his full bio. Email: alandurning [at] sightline [dot] org.

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Alan's Articles

The Plague Brought the Renaissance. What Could COVID-19 Bring?

Three hypotheses on post-pandemic life.

May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
Bottom-Up Upzoning

Would voluntary, block-level upzones circumvent the politics that create housing shortages?

Feb 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
One of North America’s Boldest Housing Initiatives Has Reached Its End: Did It Work?

What the ambitious Seattle HALA plan reveals about building affordable, low-carbon cities.

Feb 21, 2020

February 21, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
Know Thine NIMBY

The motives that produce housing lockdown.

Feb 14, 2020

February 14, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
Residential Lockdown

Mapping the political battlefield of housing.

Feb 7, 2020

February 7, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
The Climate Clock Is Running Out

What would affordable, post-carbon cities look like?

Jan 31, 2020

January 31, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
Yes, We Can Make Cities Affordable and Low-Carbon. It Requires Smart Strategy

What’s the best political blueprint for making housing abundant in walkable neighborhoods?

Jan 24, 2020

January 24, 2020

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
What Would Our Cities Look like If We Took Our Climate Change Values Seriously?

Vienna, Paris, and Barcelona.

Aug 12, 2019

August 12, 2019

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
25 Years Strong: Sightline’s Fall Fund Drive Begins Today

Sightline exists because of support from community members like you.

Nov 12, 2018

November 12, 2018

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director
Cascadia Midterm Election Results 2018: Candidate Edition

Check our results from Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana

Nov 6, 2018

November 6, 2018

Alan Durning

https://www.sightline.org/author/alan-durning/

Executive Director

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