Treat Housing Like an Industry in Need of a Plan

The federal housing crisis requires a rethinking of how we build and who is doing it. Drexel’s Metro Finance head lays out a plan

By Bruce Katz

Make Building Easier

Drexel’s Metro Finance head with two federal housing policy ideas that mobilize resources and reduce barriers to creating housing for all Americans

By Bruce Katz

How Does the Federal Government Address the Housing Crisis?

Covid, climate change and previous housing crises offer a blueprint to address the country’s housing shortage. Drexel’s Metro Finance head urges the next presidential administration to pay attention

By Bruce Katz

Reports of the Death of American Downtowns are Greatly Exaggerated

Call it the new economic geography. Drexel’s Metro Finance head on how some U.S. cities are moving toward healing through economic diversity, cultural growth, and physical rebuild

By Bruce Katz

The New Industrial Geography

Drexel’s Metro Finance head on how the U.S. cities primed for re-industrialization are headed for success

By Bruce Katz

What North Philly Teaches Us About Anti-Displacement

Drexel’s Metro Finance Head and other partners have spent the last year building a strategy to keep eight Latino neighborhoods intact while attracting the right kind of investment. Here’s how they did it

By Bruce Katz

Winning the Decade

Drexel’s Metro Finance head talks to Greater St. Louis CEO about how the Missouri city turned pandemic tragedy into urban prosperity. Hint: It’s all about jobs

By Bruce Katz

Buy From Local Suppliers, Grow Local Wealth

Lessons from San Antonio and El Paso on unlocking the procurement economy to build community prosperity, from Drexel Metro Finance’s founding director

By Bruce Katz

The Downtown Downturn Everyone Expected …

… and few planned for. Drexel’s Metro Finance Chief on what Philly should learn from other U.S. cities to keep Center City thriving

By Bruce Katz

An Answer to Our Transit Crisis

Kansas City, Austin and California are using a new kind of federal-city partnership to radically reform transit in their regions. Drexel’s Metro Finance lays out what Philly can learn from them

By Bruce Katz