While many states grapple with housing shortages and affordability issues, Montana is proactively implementing policies to address these challenges head-on.
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Justine Underhill is a city council member and an award-winning video journalist and independent filmmaker. She and Tiffany discuss how media can be used to connect with people and drive change. (Transcript included.)
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Yuppies (young urban professionals) are fleeing the city—Diana Lind explains why it matters. This shift is reshaping housing markets and your local corner store.
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Abby is joined by Edward Erfurt to discuss the recent vote to turn Boca Chica, Texas, into a new official city called Starbase. (Transcript included.)
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Back when I was a traffic operations professional, I believed I was saving lives by practicing my profession exactly as it was taught. But was I?
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Sacramento’s growth looks strong, but what do 21 years of financial data really show? Dive into the numbers with the Strong Towns Finance Decoder.
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How do you create a walkability initiative that gets covered on the news, triggers a city-funded pilot program, and inspires people to stay in the city long-term? Andrew Neidhardt and Dustin Moore explain.
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On April 23, the Dallas City Council unanimously agreed to allow up to eight dwelling units in three-story buildings. This shift opens the door to a more prosperous city.
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The rules weren’t made for small-scale housing — and that’s quietly driving up costs. Here’s a look at how the system makes affordability harder to deliver.
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ZacTax is a financial analysis firm that helps city officials understand their revenue streams and make smarter financial choices. Today, Chuck is joined by its founders to discuss how they're helping build a culture of productive cities. (Transcript included.)
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An advocate group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, started with an email. Now, it’s expanded to cover the metro area and even beyond. Here’s how it happened.
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The real liability isn’t doing something and getting blamed. It’s doing nothing and letting someone else die. You're protected. So do something.
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Advocates agree: better urban planning starts outside, not in a conference room. Walking your neighborhood reveals what reports can’t.
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Dallas is simplifying the process for building smaller, affordable homes. Could this shift be the key to addressing the city's housing shortage?
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Rosaline Hill is a registered professional planner and awards-winning architect from Ottawa, Canada. She joins Tiffany to discuss the complexities of housing reform and to explain how she helps municipalities visualize and argue persuasively for development. (Transcript included.)
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Our housing crisis demands a return to simpler, more empowering development approaches. The same approaches that let my grandfather build a starter home that sheltered his family for 70 years.
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An overlooked opportunity to fight the housing crisis lies not just in scaling up development efforts, but in scaling down barriers.
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California universities are facing $17 billion in deferred maintenance. Chuck and Abby explore how this problem arose, how it mirrors the challenges cities are facing, and what it'll take to manage this decline. (Transcript included.)
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With a bit of paint and plastic, speeds on a Pittsburgh street dropped from 36 to 23 mph overnight. Here’s how the Pennsylvania city is making its streets safer.
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Officials in Vancouver, Washington, are considering annexing all 56 square miles of their urban growth area. This would come at a staggering cost.
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