Writing

Solving the Housing Shortage is a Force Multiplier

Heather Clark, Lotte Schlegel, Alexis Pelosi, Aimee Witteman, Justyn Huckleberry, Hannah Safford, Solomon Greene

America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.

Unlocking Housing Supply is Only the First Step. The Real Opportunity Lies in What, Where, and How We Build.

Hannah Safford, Heather Clark

America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.

FAS Center for Regulatory Ingenuity and ICLEI USA Launch Local Advisory Council to Build More Connected National Climate Policy

FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.

The Affordability and Climate Agendas Run Through State Regulators. It’s Time to Rethink Their Roles.

Arjun Krishnaswami, Megan Husted

To build an affordable, modern grid powered by clean energy, we need more than the right policies; we must also upgrade—and, in some cases, redesign—PUCs to regulate in the public interest and effectively implement new…

Fixing a Broken Market: A Plan for Cheaper Freight, Cleaner Air, and American Truck Leadership

Caroline Henderson, Guillermo A. Ortiz, Ricky Parker, Hannah Safford, Diana Sánchez Carrillo, Craig Segall

Americans are paying too much for almost everything, because the United States has long treated its trucking industry as an artifact to be preserved rather than as an opportunity for innovation.