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Savvy governors and other state leaders are recognizing that housing is interconnected with other critical issues: transportation, economic development, environmental protection, and social services. Governors from coast to coast are implementing a broad array of promising strategies to promote affordable housing. Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell shows how investing in affordable housing is a key component of his state's comprehensive economic strategy.
Cities are engines of economic growth, and states whose cities can attract educated, amenity-seeking workers have a competitive advantage. Recent changes in the federal role and devolution of responsibility to state governments offers new opportunities for states to strengthen their cities.
A recommendation of the bipartisan Land Use Leadership Council, Michigan's Cool Cities program aims to revitalize neighborhoods and create mixed-use, mixed-income, high-density, pedestrian-friendly communities. The goal is to create quality of place that will attract knowledge workers and high-quality employers and stimulate economic development.
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