Tag: #UrbanPlanning

  • A Scalable Housing Solution: Embracing ADUs in an Aging, Low-Growth City

    A Scalable Housing Solution: Embracing ADUs in an Aging, Low-Growth City

    Introduction: Reimagining Housing for an Aging and Economically Shifting City Detroit is at a crossroads, facing demographic change, economic restructuring, and the long shadow of its twentieth-century urban form. One pressing question currently facing city officials and planners is how to house Detroit’s growing senior population in a way that is financially sustainable, socially equitable,…

  • Decommodifying Housing and Ensuring Economic Stability Outside Homeownership

    Housing is more than just a roof over one’s head, it is a foundation for stability, health, and community. In America, housing has also become a primary vehicle for wealth accumulation. For decades, policies have encouraged homeownership as the path to prosperity, entangling the basic human need for shelter with speculative investment. This essay aims…