If we listen to those concerned about housing affordability, rents are already too high and may only go higher. If we listen to those concerned about housing finance, rents are about to collapse. Can both of these narratives be true?
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The financial struggles of Houston and the cities of the Silicon Valley area—as well as tens of thousands of others across North America—have the same underlying cause.
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Houston’s fiscal problems are less critical than other major cities with large budget shortfalls—yet, their mayor is correct when he said his city is broke, that the financial approach of the city is clearly not working. Here’s why.
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Every four years, a small but vocal portion of our audience calls on Strong Towns to react to the politics surrounding national elections. This is our response.
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Demonizing the 91% of Americans who drive by putting them into the category of "asshole humans” is a bad and ultimately losing strategy for creating safer streets.
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Is Fannie Mae TRYING for Housing Bubble 2.0?
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And whatever you do, don’t repeat Canada’s mistake.
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Some complain that getting rid of parking mandates is just an underhanded way of making auto use harder and harder in cities. But harder for whom, exactly?
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The parking reform bill Strong Towns has endorsed is necessary to get Minnesota cities unstuck.
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Your city just announced a big infrastructure project, one with significant state and federal funding. You and your neighbors are likely wondering: why this project?
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How do we explain a situation where people are routinely killed—in the same location—and nothing is done?
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A financial bubble is, by definition, unsustainable. So, why have we recreated the 2000s housing bubble?
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Here’s how high-end shoes can help us understand why the housing market is in the state it’s currently in.
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The Christmas Cookie Inflation Index has risen 12.0% in the last year. This is compared to the official inflation rate of 3.2%.
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An annual tradition going 10 years strong now, here is Chuck Marohn’s list of his favorite books he read in 2023!
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There is someone out there desperate for their community to change, and Strong Towns exists to help them. This week, you, too, can help bolster the efforts of these local heroes in your community and others just like it.
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Cities in Massachusetts are among the most walkable in the U.S., so why is progress for safer streets there so maddeningly slow?
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A city may not be able to change from a sales tax system to a different approach—it might be stuck with what the state allows—but that doesn’t make them helpless to overcome the challenges the sales tax presents.
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We ran an article and a podcast about speed cameras, and got some thought-provoking responses in return from readers and listeners. Here’s one in particular that grabbed our attention.
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Speed cameras are not even part of a solution to street safety. They are a dead end.
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