One Reason American Architecture Is Considered Boring: Stairs

Why does multifamily housing has the same, copied look in most places?

Podcast, Upzoned, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 12, 2023Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, architecture, multi-family, housing, Housing, aesthetics, zoning

We Can Have Both More Housing and Good Urban Form

It’s not difficult to have good urban design, the kind that respects neighbors and the neighborhoods they live in. It’s actually a lot less work than the processes we use to administer the suburban zoning codes we have today.

Marohn, Top Story, Trending, Community StoriesCharles MarohnApril 3, 2023urban design, NIMBY, YIMBY, Brainerd MN, Minnesota, housing, Housing, density, neighborhood, aesthetics

High-Income Earners Are Renting Instead of Buying Homes

High-earning Americans are saying they might choose to rent indefinitely. Why?

Podcast, Upzoned, Incremental Housing, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 22, 2023Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, rent, renters, housing, housing cost, Housing, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, Incremental Housing

Atlanta Retrofitting Prominent Office Tower to Residential

With office districts hit hard by pandemic-era declines, Atlanta is repurposing this historic tower to not only give the building new life, but also to address the city’s housing crisis.

Incremental Housing, News, Top Story 2Ben AbramsonMarch 21, 2023housing, Incremental Housing, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, Housing, housing policy, Georgia, zoning

With Flexibility Over Parking, Oregon Homebuilders Get to Work

Tens of thousands of homes are now more buildable, including several projects now resurrected that local parking mandates had previously killed.

End Parking Mandates, News, Top StoryCatie GouldFebruary 15, 2023End Parking Mandates and Subsidies, Incremental Housing, Parking, parking minimums, parking, housing, Housing, developers

Has Statewide Upzoning Failed To Unlock Housing Production in California?

In 2021, California passed Senate Bill 9, ending exclusive single-family zoning. The first numbers have come in on this new law’s impact, and...they're not large numbers. But here's why that's not surprising (nor a cause for alarm).

Herriges, Incremental Housing, News, TrendingDaniel HerrigesFebruary 8, 2023Incremental Housing, housing, housing activism, housing crisis, zoning, California, Housing, housing affordability, housing policy, single-family

In This Housing Fight, It’s Conservative Politicians vs. Conservative Policies

One would expect a Republican governor to endorse free-market solutions on a local level, yet housing and zoning tend to scramble traditional political debates in unexpected ways.

Incremental Housing, News, Top StoryBen AbramsonJanuary 12, 2023Incremental Housing, housing, housing affordability, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, Housing, housing cost, politics, Florida

Seattle Has 800,000 Problems

The Seattle area is growing fast, and the suburbs are not going to be exempt from change. Data on the true costs of development is helping local advocates develop a vision for a more prosperous—and, yes, populous—future.

Housing, Urban3, Top StoryKerry HayesDecember 8, 2022Incremental Housing, housing, housing affordability, housing crisis, housing cost, Housing Crisis, Housing, housing policy, Seattle, Washington, Urban3

Reminder: The Place You Live Is Not New York (Unless It Is)

Discourse about affordable housing is dominated by a handful of extremely unrepresentative places, and the solutions that might be applicable in those places don't translate in the rest of the U.S.

Herriges, Housing, Top Story, Incremental HousingDaniel HerrigesDecember 1, 2022housing, housing affordability, housing activism, housing cost, Incremental Housing, Housing, housing policy, YIMBY, NIMBY

This Man Overcame Homelessness by Building His Own Tiny Home…on Hollywood Boulevard!

This LA resident has gone viral after taking matters into his own hands to deal with the housing crisis.

Upzoned, Podcast, Housing, Top Story, Incremental HousingStrong TownsNovember 9, 2022Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, airbnb, rent, housing, housing cost, Housing, housing policy, housing market, housing crisis, Incremental Housing, Tiny House, Los Angeles

What Does the "Airbnbust" Mean for the Housing Market?

Airbnb owners have voiced concerns over plummeting bookings in the last few months. Are we witnessing the “Airbnbust,” and if so, what does this mean for the housing market, as a whole?

Upzoned, Podcast, Housing, Top Story, Incremental HousingStrong TownsNovember 2, 2022Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, airbnb, rent, housing, housing cost, Housing, housing policy, housing market, housing crisis, Incremental Housing

We Need More Housing—But Also More People Who Can Build More Housing

The Ontario government has stated that the province will need 100,000 new construction workers and 1.5 million homes over the next decade…and industry leaders aren’t feeling optimistic about it.

Upzoned, Podcast, Housing, Top Story, Incremental HousingStrong TownsOctober 19, 2022Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, housing, housing crisis, housing affordability, housing cost, Housing Crisis, Housing, construction

A Loophole Allowed Me to Flourish

Many older homeowners face a tough choice: Age in a home that’s too large or inaccessible for them, or give up their property and move somewhere else. Here’s how one resident of Delta, BC, found a third option.

What Will Housing Prices Be a Year From Now?

If one thing’s clear about the housing market, it’s that it’s currently more sensitive to factors outside of your community—outside of your control—than anything within.

Finance, Housing, Marohn, Top Story, Incremental HousingCharles MarohnSeptember 26, 2022housing, housing cost, housing affordability, housing market, Housing, housing policy, housing finance, Incremental Housing, homeowners, Homeownership, homeownership, finance

The Suburbs Are a “One-Life-Cycle” Product

A recent CNBC documentary features Strong Towns insights from Charles Marohn about why suburban development is so risky.

Housing, Quednau, Top Story, Transparent AccountingRachel QuednauSeptember 20, 2022suburban development pattern, suburban experiment, suburbs, incremental development, incrementalism, incremental, Incremental Housing, housing cost, housing, housing affordability, housing crisis, Housing Crisis, Housing

The Starter House Is Nearly Extinct

Increasingly, for entire cities in the U.S., buying a starter home on a modest income is no longer an option.

Housing, Herriges, Top Story, Incremental HousingDaniel HerrigesSeptember 8, 2022housing cost, housing, housing affordability, housing crisis, Housing, Incremental Housing, housing market, housing policy

You Don’t “NEED” More Space

We often speak to the “good old days” as a measure of the U.S. at its best…but in 1950, the average American home was 983 square feet, as opposed to the 2,300 square feet of today.

Horbovetz, Top Story, Incremental HousingArian HorbovetzSeptember 6, 2022housing, housing cost, Housing, cars, car culture, urbanism, capitalism

2 College Towns Leading the Way on Land-Use Reform

Although they stand in very different parts of the country, these college towns are spearheading the push to eliminate harmful, longstanding land-use policies.