Resources & Research

A lot of us have been spending a lot more time at home lately, either laid-off, furloughed, working-from-home, or caring for family. This has drawn acute attention to the way that community wealth hits closest to home for people: whether they have an appropriate, affordable, accessible place to live. The...

Last month Kalamazoo's City Commission cut down their lot size requirements in several residential areas. Notably, these amendments weren't done in the name of permitting anything "new" in those neighborhoods—but to support and reinforce what's already there and remove some headaches from residents. These lot size amendments, one piece of...