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Raleigh Found the Missing Middle
Bigger Picture | Five years after legalizing middle housing, Raleigh has approved over 4,000 new homes and prices are falling.
Last year, I wrote a two-part article about how zoning reforms in cities like Raleigh, Durham, and Portland have...
October Events: Housing Month, Raleigh Candidate Forum, Policy Talk, and More!
Even pumpkins can be pro-housing.
Happy October, CITYBUILDERs!
This month is all about housing. From conversations with elected officials and architects to our Policy Talk on the North Carolina Housing Coalition’s legislative agenda, ther...
Chapel Hill’s NIMBY Era is Ending
Photo from UNC Chapel Hill
For close watchers of Chapel Hill politics, July’s release of the town’s revised Land Use Municipal Ordinance draft (affectionately known as LUMO) was a momentous event. When Chapel Hill began working in earnest...
Why We Are Stuck: A Review of Yoni Appelbaum’s “Stuck”
Mobility isn’t a foreign concept to me. Growing up, I attended 10 schools in 13 years, following my peripatetic academic mother to opportunities at Harvard, UNC, and Michigan. I’ve always believed that the constant change has both condition...
Please Do Not Put This in My Neighborhood
VERBATIM is a series that republishes the words of local leaders and residents shaping the future of our cities.
Amberwood at Lochmere. (Image source: Apartments.com)
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Amberwood at Lochmere is a 340-unit apartment communit...
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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.
Designer & builder with a career in historic preservation, green building, affordability and new urbanism. He the founder of Southern Urbanism @aaron_lubeck
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.
Conor Mulderrig is an Independent Climate Policy Consultant in Durham, NC. He served as Climate Change Policy Advisor to Governor Roy Cooper where he worked to advance cleaner buildings, transportation systems, and land use reforms.
Hello! I am a local Durham resident who is passionate about local politics and land use. I am the chapter lead for the RDU New Liberals
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
Martin Johnson is a housing advocate based in Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition. In 2022, he co-founded Triangle Blog Blog.
Born and raised in Durham, NC. Nature lover and urban enthusiast.
Hannah is a Raleigh artist and housing advocate — making work rooted in neuroaesthetics and building coalitions for equitable development in the Triangle.
Lucas Nagel is a Stamps President's Scholar at Georgia Tech pursuing a B.S. in Architecture. He is the author of a ten-part article series for CITYBUILDER NC as a past Allison Ramsey Architects Intentional Community Research Fellow.
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