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Eco-Districts Are the Future of Raleigh's Growth

Students show how single-stair infill would integrate fragmented neighborhoods into a connected capital city.

Apr 9 • Julie Powers, Brenna Belcher, and Single Stair North Carolina

Dear Virginia: Don’t Fail on Faith-Based Housing

SB388 gives faith communities the tools they need. It’s time to sign the bill.

Published on The Faith-Based Housing Initiative • Apr 9

Cities Should Feel Like Home

For April's Book Club we’re reading Home, and asking what it would take for our cities to offer the same level of comfort and belonging.

Apr 7 • CityBuilder

Local Couple Relieved City Has Finally Paused Neighborhood Development Shortly After They Moved In

Yes In My Backyard... But Not In Yours

Apr 1 • CityBuilder

March 2026

APRIL: Book Club, Policy Talk, and NC Housing Day!

Book Club on Home; Policy Talk on Inclusionary Zoning; NC Housing Day, and Earth Day celebrations!

Mar 30 • CityBuilder

Town Centers Are Drowning in Parking

Single-stair housing would turn fragmented commercial districts into walkable, connected neighborhoods

Mar 26 • Julie Powers, Brenna Belcher, and Single Stair North Carolina

America Pushed Plexes Aside

BIGGER PICTURE | Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quadplexes delivered housing through booms and busts. Today, they're nearly impossible to build.

Mar 24 • Payton Chung

Dense Neighborhoods Enrich the Suburbs

In this Sunday sketch, Grenfell Architecture weaves walkable housing and open space into an existing community.

Mar 22 • CityBuilder

America Built Connection Once. We Can Build It Again.

Robert Putnam explains how American society unraveled. Better housing policies can mend the break.

Mar 19 • CityBuilder

Raleigh's Path to Abundant ADUs

In just six years, Raleigh built 162 ADUs. More targeted reforms could unlock even more.

Mar 17 • CityBuilder

Durham Halted Zoning Reform, Here’s Why.

The unlikely coalition of a gas station developer and a neighborhood group paused the proposed Land Development Code that would reshape housing across…

Mar 13 • Jenn Truman

Raleigh's Process Overcomplicates Building Small Homes

Evan Bost leads March 17 Policy Talk on why Raleigh needs a Small Lot Code.

Mar 10 • Evan Bost

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