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CITYBUILDER Brief: Stein Signs Housing Executive Order
NC Governor coordinates state housing response; NYT launches housing cost map. Book club May 28.
On the National Radar:
The Triangle Needs Its Own Housing Tradition
Max Podemski’s A Paradise of Small Houses describes how nine different American cities each developed their own archetypal housing typology. We’ve got Boston, Manhattan, and Philadelphia in the east, but also New Orleans, Chicago, and Portl...
Raleigh’s Bonds: Housing and Transportation Are Both Affordability Infrastructure
Today, Raleigh City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 Housing and Transportation Bond referendum packages. Let’s dive right in:
What’s in the Bond Proposals?
The current draft that Raleigh City Council will be lo...
Cities Should Unite Public and Private Spaces
This sketch by Léon Krier identifies the ideal urban space as a product of the marriage between public and private realms. Krier invites us to ponder how walkable streets lined with shops and housing support the public monuments that draw r...
Housing Reforms We Need from the NC Legislature
Housing policy in North Carolina is often framed as a purely local issue. It’s easy to see why: cities, towns, and counties each control zoning, development approvals, parking requirements, and other rules that shape what gets built in our...
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CITYBUILDER is the pro-housing news and advocacy source for Raleigh, Durham, and central NC. We are a 501(c)(4) focused on housing policy education and outreach.
A digital magazine for the South.
designer of experiences and places \ud83d\udcad\ud83d\udccd\ud83d\uddbc️ young working mom ✴️\ud83e\uddd1\ud83d\udc67\ud83e\uddd1✴️\ud83d\udc76 vocal advocate for housing + transit \ud83d\udeb4\ud83d\ude8c\ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udfd8️
Payton Chung, LEED AP ND, CNUa, is developing infill housing in the Raleigh area and is a board member for Greater Greater Washington and Citybuilder NC. He first addressed the Cary town council about smart growth in 1996.
North Carolina needs more walkable neighborhoods and better family-sized housing options. Single-stair apartments help make that possible, and we’re working to legalize them statewide. Created in partnership with @CITYBUILDERNC
writing about architecture and urban design
NCSU Architecture Student
Cities should be messy
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