The Case for Real-Time Housing Permits
Entrepreneur Robbie Leer makes the case for AI-supported permitting as an underleveraged solution to housing supply shortages.
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Cincinnati Residents and Planners Convene on Climate Migration Preparedness
New America and City of Cincinnati will Host a Scenario Planning Session in Walnut Hills Community on Climate Migration and Housing Affordability
Home Equity Investment Loans
Alys Cohen writes about the risks of a mortgage loan product that is quickly scaling across the nation.
Office-to-Housing Conversions: Leveraging Two Crises to Better U.S. Communities
Architect Michael Bohn writes about the potential of office-to-housing conversions.
Future of Land and Housing Program Scales Up Initiative to Combat Eviction with Data-Driven Solutions
Today, New America announces a major expansion of its Eviction Data Response Network with 11 new state partners.
Announcing the 2026–2028 Eviction Data Response Network Cohort
New America’s Future of Land and Housing program selects 11 states for partnership to improve eviction data.
Where Is Multi-Family Housing Actually Allowed in America?
The National Zoning Atlas’ Diana Drogaris and Matthew Harris examine how U.S. zoning laws shape access to housing and opportunity.
Q&A with Nathan Law and Dave Schaab: The Power of Planning in Allen County, Indiana
Urban planners Nathan Law and Dave Schaab discuss how regional coordination and the award-winning “All in Allen” comprehensive plan has helped advance housing reform in…
Framing Brief: Unlocking America’s Small Dollar Housing Supply
FLH explores the barriers that impede access to small-dollar homes in communities across the U.S., and spotlights local innovations to address those barriers.
Preventing Tax Foreclosures is the Best Way Local Governments Can Protect Heirs Property Owners
Heirs property represents an enormous source of wealth for millions of Americans, and particularly Black communities, but it is also an inherently risky form of owners…
Cities Need Housing for Families—So Why Not Help Build Them?
Building housing units and creating housing for families are not the same thing.
In the News: The Affordable Housing Hiding in Plain Sight
FLH Director Yuliya Panfil wrote an essay for Bloomberg, outlining an underexplored, high leverage opportunity to boost affordable housing supply.
Tackling the Housing Crisis Through One Year of the Rooftop
Our Future of Land and Housing team revisits some of the most exciting ideas from the first year of their contributor-driven blog.
Great Lakes Receiving Network: Our Roadmap
GLRN is a first-of-its-kind initiative to empower receiving cities across the Midwest to build more housing in preparation for future climate migration.
No Place to Land: Housing Insecurity Among Caregiving College Students
A Trellis and New America survey on housing insecurity for caregiving students produces some of the only data available directly examining how this population experiences housing insecurity—and offers…