Author Archives: Niloo Nouri

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.

A California legislator wants to solve the state’s housing crisis, juice its economy, fight climate change and save the Democratic Party with one “excruciatingly non-sexy” idea.

Here’s an interesting Twitter thread by Zoë Coombes describing the crossroads that Toronto finds itself at when it comes to housing. We know we need to build more urban housing geared towards families.

In late 2023, construction crews demolishing an empty warehouse at 1633 Valencia St. uncovered a century-old, hand-painted ad for the “Chevrolet Six,” a “ghost sign” that became the talk of the neighborhood in San Francisco’s Mission-Bernal enclave.

For a century, progressives have been making it harder to build new homes in prosperous areas. Workers, immigrants and the economy pay the price.

The oldest baby boomers turn 80 in less than a year, and the senior housing market is moving from glut to shortage

The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.

Since breaking ground in 2021, Culdesac Tempe has had its share of detractors and skeptics. But none of them live there.

“Single-stair” buildings can fit on narrow or odd-shaped lots. Seattle already has plenty.

The political psychology of opposition to new housing