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How the Housing Crisis Is Fucking Up the Kids
Housing got expensive and the culture got weird
Mar 30 • Hanna Horvath
How a city used land leasing to buy off the NIMBYs
Changing the players by changing the game
Mar 19 • Jeff Fong
[Repost] The Line and why it's (still) bad
Urban form without urban function
Mar 4 • Jeff Fong

February 2026

How we build housing is how we build the economy
Housing policy is economic strategy
Feb 16 • Jeff Fong
The Tubbs Proposal
And he wants the government to make money off it, too
Feb 9 • Jeff Fong

January 2026

Strong Towns
A conversation with Andrew Burleson
Jan 29 • Jeff Fong and Andrew Burleson
1:03:06
Yes In My Back Yard
A conversation with Laura Foote, co-founder and Executive Director at YIMBY Action
Jan 23 • Jeff Fong and Laura Foote
52:15
Reverse Inclusionary Zoning
A better way to pay for subsidized housing
Jan 18 • Jeff Fong
Return of the Georgists
A conversation with Greg Miller and Lars Doucet
Jan 16 • Jeff Fong, Lars Doucet, and Greg Miller
57:21
The Menace of Prosperity
A conversation with Daniel Wortel-London
Jan 8 • Jeff Fong and Daniel Wortel-London
53:46
The Ideologies of Urban Progress
Urban Proxima in Q1’2026
Jan 2 • Jeff Fong

December 2025

Urban Proxima's Greatest Hits: 2025 Edition
Something for everyone, especially if you just got here
Dec 21, 2025 • Jeff Fong
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