Bruce Katz

Seems like something to talk about: “Data centers occupy only about 3% of the land in Loudoun… and provide 45 percent of the nearly $2.9 billion in county tax revenue… Even as data centers have funded an expansive local government, they have also lowered the tax burden on residents… Loudoun reduced its homeowner property-tax rate every year for a decade, cutting it by about 40%”

Lower South Philadelphia has tremendous potential to become a powerful economic engine for the city, state and country – and we are at a critical juncture.   From the @Bellwetherdst , to @PhillyShipyard and @Rhoads_Inc in the @NavyYardPhila, and @PhilaPort, we have a generational opportunity to transform our city’s economy from one largely dependent on Eds and Meds to a national and global hub for maritime, shipbuilding, and defense.

"....affordable housing players have a historic opportunity to keep homes affordable by providing rescue capital to developers at risk of losing projects to pending loan maturities." #pppservingpeople @bruce_katz @thenewlocalism thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/a-t…

The 92nd street Y, to their eternal glory, has uploaded hundreds of recordings of speakers who have graced their stage. We are talking T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Edmund Wilson (!), Mary McCarthy, Irving Howe, and much more. Check it out here! 92ny.org/archives

If anyone's confused about whether to read my interview with Trump, or with Bryan Stevenson, please choose the latter. Remarkable man. Here's another free link. as.ft.com/r/51f8fdd2-bd3…

Redevelopment of public housing in Chelsea at center of congressional race gothamist.com/news/redevelop… via @gothamist

NEW @InnovateEconomy from Mr. Economic Geography himself, @kenanfikri: "The nation will fail to activate a manufacturing renaissance without revitalizing innovation and entrepreneurship within its established agglomerations."

💡 🏘️ 🚨 Bruce Katz and I make the case that housing should be front and center in how states think about opportunity zone designations this year— the data from OZ 1.0 is compelling, and the housing need has only grown since 2017. Tighter income thresholds and Governors have 90 days to make decisions that will shape investment flows through 2036. Every community should be making their case now. Here's hoping states bring more intentionality to the process in 2026 than they did in 2018. 🤞 Bottom line: Put housing at the decision making table, you want an Opportunity Zone designation— and this round, they're going to be harder to come by. @bruce_katz @NovogradacNews @InnovateEconomy thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/opp…

NYCHA and Rent Stabilized Housing have more in common then you think.

Housing Alarm: Can the U.S. learn from Europe? @bruce_katz and Benjamin Preis consider European models for affordable housing production, use of public assets, size and scale of nonprofit housing corporations and support for long-term operational sustainability. thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/hou…

Defining Our Housing Challenge(s) @bruce_katz and @colinthiggins lay out 7 different but intersecting housing challenges. "The question on the lips of most city, county and state policymakers is 'What should we do to solve the housing crisis?' That’s the wrong question. It is too downstream. Housing’s moment has arrived. A bit more problem definition upfront will ensure that we don’t blow it." thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/def…

Cities face cross-cutting challenges that don’t fit neatly into silos—but many institutions still do. At Next Level Urban Problem-Solving, an event at the Center, researchers @bruce_katz, @geoffmulgan, @bethnoveck, and Jorrit de Jong explored how cities can redesign governance to meet the demands of the 2030s and beyond. 👉 Read the recap or watch the recording on YouTube: bit.ly/49Y70HS.

Name and describe one state or local policy that should be tried across the country. @SaudAnwarCT, @CavalierJohnson, @JM_Butcher, @davidfholt, Annelies Goger, @karenaboutgary, John W. Ewing Jr., @KGotsch, @bruce_katz, @GoldsmithOnGov and @KateMGarman offer their insights: notus.org/perspectives/n…

I was asked to nominate one state and local policy innovation and chose the Atlanta Urban Development Corporation notus.org/perspectives/n…

Housing markets are metropolitan in nature; LA and other metros are driving new approaches with shared metro goals, institutions and resources — my latest with @JoshuaHumphries thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/reg…

@thephilacitizen Thx for opportunity to participate! Here is my latest piece, with @michaelsaadineand @JoshuaHumphries, on the affordability choices facing mayors thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/the…

Housing genius @bruce_katz shares with us how to turn housing ... into actual housing in Philadelphia with ideas that are working across the nation.

The (Housing) Affordability Choice: my latest with @michaelsaadine and @JoshuaHumphries lays out the balancing act that NYC Mayor-elect @ZohranKMamdani faces thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/the…

Amid soaring costs, New Yorkers elected democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor — a sign of how deep frustration over affordability has transformed the city’s politics. on.ft.com/4qQdcbp

Drexel’s Metro Finance head @bruce_katz weighs in on the policy debate unleashed by Ezra Klein’s 2025 book with call to action for American cities. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/embracing-abun…

Delivering Abundance from the Ground Up: the book by @ezraklein and Derek Thompson is a blockbuster; with federal chaos, states, cities and private/civic players will need to get their act together — my latest w @michaelsaadine and Colin Higgins thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/del…