Policy
Texas Treads A New Path Into Zoning To Battle Housing Crisis
Texas is one of the nation's most active homebuilding states, yet affordability slips out of reach for millions. Lawmakers now aim to rewire the state’s zoning laws to boost supply, speed up approvals, and limit local obstruction. We unpack three key bills and the stakes behind them.
Leadership
Clayton Breaks New Ground As Urban Infill Builder-As-A-Service
Housing innovation doesn't just disrupt the cost of building; it disrupts the cost and value of owning.
Policy
Digging Into A Plan For Zoning, With Author Nolan Gray
A look at how the next generation of housing needs to look different and the way we think about zoning can help with that shift.
Policy
Trailblazers '23: Frolic Resets Property's Value Creation Model
A property owner's ability to generate added revenue is at least part of the equation of bending cost curves down and human capability curves up to put more of America's total universe into a surer, safer way into decent housing access.
Leadership
Trailblazers '23: Inherent Aims To Vertically-Integrate Solutions
Consider Inherent's 3-year life span, so far, as its prototype development for a system that would both lower barriers to homeownership, and raise the capability among local workers, area businesses, and infrastructure to develop, build, and sustain viable households in vibrant neighborhoods.
Policy
How Builders Can Accelerate The Pre-Construction Permit Process
By surfacing municipal requirements and digitizing the permit process, Ivory Prize-winner PermitFlow saves applicants’ time, minimizes errors, and shortens municipal review cycles — resulting in a faster time to permit. That can lead to more attainable homes.