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Cleveland Housing Innovation District An Exciting Path Forward

By: Chris Allen

Cleveland is showing what a new local housing playbook can look like. Now comes the hopeful work of building the people and systems that can make it real.

Across the country, local leaders are realizing something important: housing cannot be treated as a standalone problem. It is not separate from economic development, infrastructure, small business growth, neighborhood repair, public finance, or whether the next generation of families can stay in the communities they love. Housing is the connective tissue of local prosperity.

INCREMENTAL NOTESChris AllenJune 9, 2026Comment

America’s Transit Problem Is Really a Land Use Problem

By: Chris Allen

The Guardian recently published a useful piece on how far American cities lag behind their global peers on public transportation.

One number from the article jumped out: bringing major American cities up to “world-class” transit standards would require roughly $4.6 trillion over 20 years.

That sounds enormous.

Until you compare it with the roughly $6.3 trillion the United States is projected to spend on highways over that same period.

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