The partnership that’s beginning to break a city’s housing logjam
In Cincinnati, an innovative approach to deploying affordable housing money—by redirecting it to an external partner that specializes in development—is on track to fund nearly three times as many affordable units annually as the city once produced on its own. Here are the lessons from this creative model that taps into a wide array of resources and skills to tackle a universal city challenge.
Giving frontline staff the power to make exceptions—and improve outcomes
Regulations help ensure fairness, but rules alone can’t account for the complexity of people’s lives. When residents face extraordinary challenges, cities can change the game by trusting civil servants to work more creatively—as demonstrated by an innovative approach to service delivery spreading across Dutch cities.
