Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and California State Northridge used a set of mathematical and statistical models to explain how improving bureaucratic processes in building departments could have outsized effects on increasing the rate of housing development.
Read MoreTLDR: Probably not. But I’m bringing up the question in the aftermath of a wildfire that destroyed about a third
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Handbuilt City is thrilled to announce that we recently finalized the terms of two preliminary funding
Read MoreAt the Davos of the Midwest, a.k.a. Mackinac Policy Conference 2024, policymakers and other stakeholders put their heads together to figure out how we can make housing more affordable. It’s one of the first times that such a powerful and visible group of people have discussed the issue in Michigan.
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The RTA recently started operating a direct bus connection between downtown Detroit and the Airport. It’s ambitious, seamless and easy to use, and comfortable. But how many people are actually using it?
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Ford’s Michigan Central Station is finally finished. It opens to the public on June 6th, 2024, but since tickets are sold out, you can still take a virtual tour here.
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Laws and ordinances are important methods of signaling cultural values embodied by the State. In Michigan’s case, a relatively weak enforcement mechanism around bike lane protections and poor municipal ordinances on the subject seem suspect.
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Industrialized and modular construction have a lot of potential to help fix the housing market. The value proposition is pretty simple. Realizing it, however, is a much heavier lift.
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Grand Rapids, the clean-cut, straight-laced, kinda conservative cousin of Detroit from farm country, just passed a groundbreaking zoning reform package. Will Detroit follow suit?
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Detroit’s QLINE deserves an extension for its seventh birthday, writes Patrick Maynard in this guest editorial, making comparisons to Vienna, whose own subway system is relatively young.
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