Historic districts make up some of our highest value areas where people love to visit and long to live, yet we’ve made building this style of development illegal almost everywhere in North America.

Every US city has a beloved historic district that's basically just: the completely normal pre-zoning neighborhood we didn't destroy in the 1950s. (And that's thoroughly illegal to build today.)

We need more starter homes like this 3BR/2BA, 1198 Square Feet

Basically all of America’s best-loved neighborhoods were built before zoning and the overwhelming majority of them would be illegal to build today.

Just a few years ago, if you’d asked the leading political scientists & thought leaders whether YIMBY ideas would be advanced by a figure like Obama on a national stage, they’d have laughed you. Clear evidence for the power of (correct) ideas.

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

Exited to announce our partnership with Mark and Priscilla’s foundation We will deliver affordable units (80% AMI) for 10% of the cost of government-funded units Pictures throughout will look slightly familiar

Just show this video to every lawmaker in the country.

Charlie Munger has a famous quote: "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome." Both political parties have made homeownership a key priority while decrying the rise of build to rent communities funded by Wall Street. One big driver is that the tax code is nearly

Roughly one-third of all of Japan's urban building was done through a process of replotting land parcels and reconstructing homes to increase local density while making way for new infrastructure🧵 Conceptually, it's like this:

TEXAS PASSES 6-STORY SINGLE-STAIR BILL! 🤠 - Legalizes 6-stories, 4-units/floor, in TX state building code - Cities that adopt standard amendments to state building code would by-default legalize 6-story single-stair apartments - Paves way for streamlined adoption by cities

The Cleveland metro population hasn’t increased in 50 years, yet the area of developed land has nearly doubled. Our cities were hollowed out, and now we need twice the infrastructure to serve the same number of people.

Some day it will be possible to build in places that are obvious

You've probably been hearing a lot about budget bills, environmental reviews, and labor fights out here on the West Coast. It's all adding up to probably the biggest policy change in modern California history. Here's a breakdown for the perplexed.

What if every BART station felt like this? Atlanta’s BeltLine shows what’s possible when a city has the will to build. California’s legislature has cleared the path for infill. Now let’s find the will to deliver better urban living.