Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley unpacks the year’s trials and tribulations.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inHousing
Solving the Housing Crisis Will Take More Than YIMBY
It’s a good start, but it won’t produce true affordability.
Posted inEconomic Policy
From the Middle Out and Bottom Up
The president of the United States outlines his economic principles, and his record.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Winding Up a Wrecking Ball for Downtown Philadelphia
76 Place, a controversial NBA arena proposal, has drawn criticism most recently from the transit agency expected to serve it, but team owners have steamrolled the city council into submission.
Posted inHousing
Tackling the Housing Crisis
A symposium on how housing unaffordability happened and what can be done
Posted inHousing
Make It Legal to Build
The Yes In My Backyard, or YIMBY, movement believes that solving the housing shortage entails removing impediments to adding supply.
Posted inHousing
Why We Need a Homes Guarantee
Our housing crisis is not going away, and it demands a comprehensive solution with one goal in mind: safe and affordable homes for all.
Posted inHousing
The Housing Industry Never Recovered From the Great Recession
A decade of depression in construction led to a concentrated, sclerotic industry.
Posted inHousing
Look for the Tenant Union
Those caught in the crossfire of corporate landlords and financial engineering need a regulatory agenda to protect them.
Posted inHousing
FIMBY: Finance in My Backyard
Local housing agencies can use revolving funds to fill financing gaps for homes that are cleared to be built but don’t have the capital investment to get it done.
