Building an American Ownership Society
Neighborhood investment trusts can help create more inclusive economies in cities and restore the fabric of US democracy.
Cities Social innovations that improve the health and resiliency of cities
Latest
Building Cities’ Collaborative Muscle
The most pressing social problems facing cities today require multiagency and cross-sector solutions. We offer tools and techniques to facilitate the process of diagnosing and solving problems by breaking down silos to build up cities.
Open-access to this article made possible by the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
Unveiling the Informal Economy
Stereotypes cloud our perception of the informal economy, but we have much to learn from the entrepreneurship that unfolds there.
The Knights of COVID-19
The Swedish model of relying more on civic-minded ethics than on government restrictions has proved to be an outlier worldwide.
Most Popular
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
Inside Switzerland’s Radical Drug Policy Innovation
A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.
How 20 Years of Education Reform Has Created Greater Inequality
How standardized testing, gentrification, school choice, and economic downturn have widened inequality to create an existential threat to democracy.
To End Homelessness, the Energy of Money Must Change
How government and philanthropy can unlock the billions needed to shelter America’s unhoused