On Housing, Stop Banking on Subsidies and Start Building What Works

Housing costs are crushing communities nationwide, but while politicians argue about grand solutions, real progress is happening quietly in places like Norwalk, Connecticut. Thomas Blyth isn’t waiting for Washington to fix his city’s housing crisis—he’s mapping out a practical path forward that starts with a simple idea: let neighbors build the kinds of homes that working families can actually afford. His approach cuts through the usual policy debates with refreshingly local logic: when over 40% of households spend too much on housing, the problem isn’t just about subsidies or regulations. It’s about giving communities the tools to solve their own problems. Asia Mieleszko with has the full story on starting small to solve a big problem.