Where Is Multi-Family Housing Actually Allowed in America?
The National Zoning Atlas’ Diana Drogaris and Matthew Harris examine how U.S. zoning laws shape access to housing and opportunity.
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Q&A with Nathan Law and Dave Schaab: The Power of Planning in Allen County, Indiana
Urban planners Nathan Law and Dave Schaab discuss how regional coordination and the award-winning “All in Allen” comprehensive plan has helped advance housing reform…
Framing Brief: Unlocking America’s Small Dollar Housing Supply
FLH explores the barriers that impede access to small-dollar homes in communities across the U.S., and spotlights local innovations to address those barriers.
Preventing Tax Foreclosures is the Best Way Local Governments Can Protect Heirs Property Owners
Heirs property represents an enormous source of wealth for millions of Americans, and particularly Black communities, but it is also an inherently risky form of own…
Cities Need Housing for Families—So Why Not Help Build Them?
Building housing units and creating housing for families are not the same thing.
In the News: The Affordable Housing Hiding in Plain Sight
FLH Director Yuliya Panfil wrote an essay for Bloomberg, outlining an underexplored, high leverage opportunity to boost affordable housing supply.
Tackling the Housing Crisis Through One Year of the Rooftop
Our Future of Land and Housing team revisits some of the most exciting ideas from the first year of their contributor-driven blog.
Great Lakes Receiving Network: Our Roadmap
GLRN is a first-of-its-kind initiative to empower receiving cities across the Midwest to build more housing in preparation for future climate migration.
No Place to Land: Housing Insecurity Among Caregiving College Students
A Trellis and New America survey on housing insecurity for caregiving students produces some of the only data available directly examining how this population experiences housing insecurity—and off…
New Report Challenges Assumptions About First-Time Homebuyers in High-Cost Regions
First-time homebuyer programs are helping people purchase and stay in their homes while building household wealth even in high-cost markets.