Resources

National Articles

• Rochester Already Has the Pieces to Solve Its Housing Crisis
  June 9, 2026
  Real progress starts with empowering local residents to build.
• Detroit Is Seeking Pre-Approved Designs for New Housing
  June 8, 2026
  It’s an idea with a century-long record of success.
• Two Ways to Freeze a Neighborhood
  June 7, 2026
  My conversation with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker offered a useful example of the deeper divide shaping today’s housing debate.
• The Policy We Need / The Policy We Have
  June 3, 2026
  A viral post about a proposed retail development reveals public outrage with Chicago policy that makes it easier to build drive-to box stores than fine-grained neighborhoods.
• Every City Investigates Crashes. Very Few Actually Learn From Them.
  June 2, 2026
  The difference between documenting failure and learning from it.