Minneapolis is urbanizing

Since 2009, policymakers in Minneapolis having been implementing land use changes to encourage more housing supply. Some of these changes have included eliminating parking minimums, encouraging multi-family buildings up to 6 storeys on commercial corridors …

Project 2028: Housing

The U.S. doesn’t have a housing crisis, but an affordability crisis. Roughly one-third of Americans rent, and nearly half are “cost-burdened,” i.e., they spend 30% or more of their income on housing. Since 2019, rents have increased 1.5x faster than income in most U.S. metro areas.

Long Live the Building Class

Early in my career, I was “downsized” out of a job by a financially ailing organization. I had gotten married six months earlier. My wife was four months pregnant. And I had just acquired my first house.