Sun Belt Smart Sprawl

When metros permit greenfield expansion with mixed housing types, affordability and growth stabilize. Sun Belt shares of new homes since 2010 suggest build‑out can outperform upzoning‑only approaches. — Reframes housing strategy beyond densification, shaping infrastructure finance, climate tradeoffs, and state–local land-use governance for fast‑growing regions.

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No, Austerity Did Not Drive Mamdani’s Success

2025.08.19 100% relevant

The newsletter credits Sun Belt cities’ expansion—plus allowing starter homes, apartments, and townhomes—as a replicable model for other states.

The Sun Belt Shows Sprawl Can Work

Cullum Clark 2025.08.18 97% relevant

The article explicitly champions Sun Belt-style greenfield expansion as a superior housing strategy, citing post-2010 data (41% of new single-family homes; 35% of new apartments), endorsing mixed housing types with infrastructure build-out, and urging avoidance of urban growth boundaries—precisely the policy formula described by this idea.