The article discusses the challenges cities face in housing affordability, emphasizing the need for publicly led development projects that integrate housing and transportation to create mixed-use neighborhoods. It highlights strategies to overcome barriers such as restrictive zoning policies and aligning project timelines, suggesting reforms like using public land and revising land use regulation1. The cities compared in the study are Atlanta, St. Louis, Seattle in the United States, and Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich in Germany.

https://www.urban.org/research/publication/breaking-barriers-affordable-and-abundant-housing