Performance Zoning for Better Cities: A Q&A with Adam Lubinsky
When zoning centers outcomes instead of restrictions, it can promote growth and support community needs.
Housing
America’s Next Migration: How Midwest Housing Will Shape Our Climate Future
Panfil and Robustelli say the Midwest’s ability to build affordable housing will shape where Americans move as climate migration grows.
The Prosecutor Who Is Housing People
In Indianapolis, a prosecutor’s office treats the housing crisis as a public safety issue by connecting eligible offenders to support.
The Rise of Affordable Housing Insurance Redlining
A survey last year found that many insurance carriers declined to cover subsidized buildings.
An Analysis of DC Eviction Filings: June Through October 2025
A new analysis of DC eviction filings reveals hardest-hit neighborhoods, biggest evictors, back rent owed, and tenants’ median rents.
New America’s Great Lakes Receiving Network Awarded Opportunity Fund Grant from U.S. Bank Foundation
Funding supports capacity building in Midwest cities to achieve housing affordability and environmental resilience amid climate migration.
Affordable Housing Is Leading the Way on Innovative Design
Exciting lessons from income-restricted housing in designing for connection, community resilience, and healing.
Resilience from the Ground Up: Community-Based Housing in Urabá, Colombia
The key to a better housing system lies not in building for people, but in equipping them to lead and design their own upgrades.
Preservation and Wealth-Building: Insights from Senior Homeowners in Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood
Englewood seniors share what they need to age in place and pass their homes to the next generation to build wealth.
Sustaining Affordable Rents and Homeownership: Insights from Building Owners in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood
Multi-unit building owners from in and around Pilsen share with us what they need to maintain their buildings and keep rent affordable.