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Zoning as Destiny: How Regulation Shapes American Cities

America's housing crisis, racial segregation, and climate challenges share a common origin: zoning laws written a century ago to exclude and divide.

Oct 8, 202514 min
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The Missing Middle: Housing Between Sprawl and Towers

Duplexes, triplexes, courtyard apartments — the "missing middle" is the gentle density that sustained American neighborhoods for a century. Zoning, finance, and politics narrowed the housing palette; restoring it is a design and equity imperative.

Jul 17, 202512 min