In South Bend, a city once labeled as one of America’s “most dying,” by Newsweek, a quiet but radical transformation began more than a decade ago.

Across the Sacramento region, aging infrastructure, fragmented zoning, and corridor disinvestment have long constrained infill development.

Like many U.S. cities, Portland has grappled with a worsening housing shortage, particularly for households needing smaller, more affordable homes.

The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) was working on a Family Housing Expansion Project that would offer a replicable roadmap for fast, dignified, community-integrated affordable homes at numerous scattered sites that were all modular and deeply affordable.

Forty percent of renters and 18 percent of Utah homeowners struggle to afford housing, according to a 2024 Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute report. This project seeks to change that.

Liberty Wells was established in the 1890s as part of the Mormon Pioneers’ “Big Field” project. Now it's attainable housing.