More Housing Doesn’t Raise Your Rent.
The most durable myth in local housing politics makes housing more expensive.
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Building the best possible places for people of all ages, life stages, and incomes.
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One Staircase = More Main Street
How one change to Michigan’s building code can put housing back on our Main Streets
A Momentous Housing Bill*, Finally
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the most consequential federal housing package in a generation. It’s also a reminder that the federal government isn't going to save local communities. We have to.
The Places We Love Weren't Accidents
Why the places we envy on vacation feel impossible at home, and how this year's Housing Summit keynote plans to change our minds.
The Workhorse and Its Limits
Why LIHTC matters, what it can’t do, and what every community needs to understand about how it really works. Part 2 of 4 in the series Who is New Housing Supply Actually For?
Have Michigan Wages Kept Up With the Cost of Living?
It Depends on Whether You Count Housing.
Who is New Housing Supply Actually For?
Part 1 of 4. A follow up to “How to Make Housing Affordable”
More Housing Without Losing Character: Four Michigan Cities Are Already Doing It
Michigan’s housing bills are moving — and the communities that benefit most won’t be the ones who wait for the ink to dry.
The Land Is Already There
What 5,000 acres of church property tells us about the housing crisis we think we have
Sacred Ground, Shared Purpose
Most of the resources we need to solve shared problems are already available to us, if we only choose to activate them - together.