Housing Crisis
12 articles
City rankings boost pride but can displace long-term residents
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, earned the No.
What is Missing Middle Housing and Why Do Zoning Reforms Matter?
In 2024, between 90 and 140 million Americans lived in counties where multi-unit housing could have been feasibly built and offered at an affordable price point to middle-income households, yet restri
What Is Zoning and Why Does It Limit Urban Growth?
Zoning restrictions have raised housing prices by an astonishing 73 percent above the actual cost of supply in some areas, according to the RBA .
California home prices plateau, but affordability remains a distant dream
A bottom-tier home in California costs about 30 percent more than a mid-tier home in the rest of the U.
What Is The Impact of Local Zoning Laws on Urban Development?
To build a new apartment complex in many US cities, a developer might first need to submit six physical copies of plans drawn to a minimum size of 11x17 inches, only to discover the land isn't even zo
Local bureaucracy creates hurdles for affordable housing
A Tallahassee property owner recently saw rehab costs jump a staggering 30%.
What Are Zoning Laws and Why Do They Affect Property Values?
Zoning regulations, which dictate what can be built where, have deeply rooted racist and classist origins that continue to shape housing costs and segregation patterns today.
What are Community Land Trusts and why do they matter for affordable housing?
More than 350,000 affordable rental homes could vanish by 2030, a looming crisis projected by Grounded Solutions that threatens to displace countless families and destabilize urban neighborhoods.
What Is Zoning and How Does It Shape Neighborhood Development?
In San Francisco, zoning laws once dictated that only members of the immediate family one generation out could live together, with the sole exception of live-in servants.
Chicago Housing Authority Fails Residents on Safe Housing Access
Nearly 400 Chicago Housing Authority households are trapped on waitlists to move, with 150 requests labeled as emergencies, while 18% of the agency's units sit vacant and uninhabitable, according to W
What is Zoning and How Does it Impact City Development?
Cities in California with over 96 percent single-family-only zoning are nearly 55 percent white, starkly contrasting with the state's overall 35 percent white population, according to the California Z
Housing-Driven Reinvention: Urban Planning Trends Reshape Cities in 2026
The City and County of Honolulu acquired 175 N.