Housing + Cities
Boise Poised for First Step Towards More Abundant, Affordable Housing
The new zoning code legalizes more types of housing but creates new barriers to abundance.
Getting Beyond the Detached House in Vancouver, BC
How a flexible “Plex” design could add lower-cost homes, green space, and walkable, vibrant neighborhoods—fast—across housing-strapped cities.
Oregon’s Untapped Gold Mine: The Homes that Don’t Yet Exist
To reduce housing shortages, small doses of cash could get many projects built. A bill introduced in Oregon this year suggests a clever place to find it.
Montana’s Big Bipartisan Housing Deal
Amid the US’s second-worst price spikes and shortage of homes, a broad coalition unified to find solutions.
Parking Reform Legalized Most of the New Homes in Buffalo and Seattle
Studies from two very different cities showed the same result.
Anchorage Adopts Model ADU Reforms
Alaska’s largest city just deregulated bonus homes in a big way, a step to right-sizing its housing options to locals’ changing needs.
Video: Housing Solutions Are Climate Solutions
In 90 seconds, how zoning for more home choices in our cities helps affordability and cuts climate pollution.
Habitat for Humanity Goes All In for Multifamily Housing
But it needs relaxed parking mandates, widescale zoning reform, and public funding to make the most of the opportunity.
Poll: Washington Voters Out Ahead Of Local Leaders On Zoning Reforms
Statewide survey shows broad voter receptivity—across partisan, demographic, and geographic lines—to zoning changes to allow more homes like duplexes and small apartment buildings.