Urban Proxima

How Cities Can Pay for the Next Stage of American Urbanism

The Future of Municipal Finance Part II

Aug 14 • Jeff Fong

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Public Wealth for the Public Good

A Conversation with Dag Detter

Aug 5 • Jeff Fong and Dag Detter

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54:52

July 2026

The Fiscal Crisis Facing American Cities

The Future of Municipal Finance Part I

Jul 31 • Jeff Fong

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How Alameda County is SHIFTing Housing into high-gear

News and analysis from the leading edge of housing abundance

Jul 7 • Jeff Fong

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June 2026

We can never go back

In search of lost places

Jun 23 • Jeff Fong

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BART Should Have Been a Real Estate Developer

Commuter rail has a business model, we just never used it

Jun 10 • Jeff Fong

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How Atlanta is trying a new model for below-market-rate housing

New policy, new institutions, and — hopefully — more new housing

Jun 3 • Jeff Fong

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May 2026

You should own stock in your city

A radical idea for turning city residents into city shareholders.

Published on The Elysian • May 29

The Progressive, YIMBY, Georgist running to represent Seattle

A conversation with Seattle's Ron Davis

May 11 • Jeff Fong and Ron Davis

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53:47

April 2026

How Charlotte convinced homeowners to build more housing

Literally in their own backyards

Apr 30 • Jeff Fong

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Why Affordability Isn't the Same as Falling Prices

A narrow argument about a specific claim

Apr 14 • Jeff Fong

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March 2026

How the Housing Crisis Is Fucking Up the Kids

Housing got expensive and the culture got weird

Mar 30 • Hanna Horvath

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