Bloomington, Illinois, just passed major housing reforms. Here's how local advocates made it happen.

Detroit residents are leading one of the most ambitious housing revivals in the country.

Oakland, California, recently cut a big piece of red tape around housing, making permits available online in minutes. This is an example for all cities that need more housing.

Kalamazoo cut red tape and launched pre-approved housing plans, making it faster and cheaper to build new homes. Other cities can do the same.

Places are not static; they are dynamic. And sometimes, “for-awhile” uses can be the bridge that gets us from stagnation to vibrancy.

When cities attempt to prescribe the exact way a building must be used, they risk regulating away the very life of a place.

When our infrastructure makes normal childhood behavior life-threatening, allowing kids to do typical childhood activities becomes reckless endangerment.

Slow permitting, shifting utility requirements, and inconsistent rules threaten the small-scale development that cities rely on. Here’s one developer’s story.

State preemption can remove obstacles, but it can’t build the local capacity that's required for lasting reform.

Every town will be asked to grow. Maybe not today, maybe not all at once. But when that moment comes, how will yours go about it?

Edmonton is proving that communities don’t have to accept neglect as inevitable. Here’s how it’s turning derelict properties from liabilities into catalysts for renewal.

From New Mexico to Connecticut, Strong Towns advocates are turning hometown newspapers into platforms for change—using op-eds to push for housing reform that’s local, practical, and powerful.

A reflection on affordability, finance, and the deep contradictions we refuse to face.

How do you grow without losing what makes your town special? In Bend, Oregon, Jesse Russell is proving it can start with smaller homes.

Calgary is cutting delays—not corners—to deliver more housing where it’s needed. And your city should be paying attention.

Bangor, Maine, isn’t holding out for silver bullets. It’s getting to work—clearing the way for more homes in creative, community-minded ways.

A couple of weeks ago, Chuck did a Q&A about how the book “Abundance” differs from the Strong Towns approach. There were some good questions, so we’ve consolidated his answers here.

When we recognize the housing crisis as a systems and strategy problem, we realize that there is no shortage of things cities can do right now to address it.

Charlotte, North Carolina, is in the middle of a housing crisis. Churches are stepping up to help.

Some call it watered down, others call it overreach. But there’s no denying this new Texas bill nudges housing policy in the right direction.

Iowa’s new ADU law puts power in the hands of homeowners, not just developers—and makes it easier for grandma to stay close to home.

It’s time to make the beloved housing solution that turned Chicago into a bustling, modern city legal again.

Portland’s zoning overhaul is producing what every city says it wants: more homes people can actually afford.

In Lawrence, Indiana, a new housing task force is turning local tools into real solutions to tackle the town’s growing housing crisis head-on.