When her marriage of 17 years ended, this now-single mother found herself without a home in an expensive city. The solution she found? Co-housing with two other single parents.
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Some large companies are pivoting their real-estate models toward building more compact, mixed-use centers for their corporate campuses. Is this good or bad for America’s suburbs?
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Insurers think they have the answer to California’s most wildfire-prone areas: get people to stop living there.
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Has historic preservation harmed the capacity for cities across the U.S. to address the housing crisis?
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A smaller population does not necessarily result in more affordable housing for those looking for it. But why?
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COVID has enabled us to get some “disaster relief” for the housing crisis. But what about when the pandemic is over?
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The $1 trillion infrastructure bill is being signed into law. But who gets to decide how the money will be spent, and will they make the right decisions for communities of color?
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Some people get up in arms about adding new bike lanes to neighborhoods. So why do the mayors who head these projects so often get reelected?
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The “Zillow Offers” program was supposed to sell thousands of homes to homeowners and landlords…so why is Zillow now having to offload them onto institutional investors, instead?
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What will it take to get back the ecosystems of tradespeople, laborers, lenders, and small-scale developers who made incremental development possible in the past?
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What kind of zoning reform do we need in order to build strong towns?
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You can’t just turn off the world supply chain, then turn it back on again and expect it to work properly.
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How will we deal with the overseas energy crisis as it spreads beyond Europe’s borders?
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When (if ever) should taxpayers subsidize a new pro sports stadium?
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CDOT drafts a rule that intends to address both greenhouse gas emissions and Colorado’s spreading development pattern. But can this kind of top-down solution work?
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Abby and Chuck deviate from the norm a little on this week’s Upzoned by talking not about an article from the internet, but about one chapter of a particular book (hint: it’s Confessions).
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Seeing your own place through the eyes of an outsider can reveal some uncomfortable—but necessary—truths.
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Let’s talk about master developers and how all-at-once, large-scale development doesn’t offer the environment in which resilient economic ecosystems emerge.
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This small city in Washington has been quietly making some very big zoning changes…
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The $20 billion that was supposed to be dedicated to the Reconnecting Communities Act has been cut down to $1 billion. Naturally, people are disappointed.
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