‘It is a Crisis’: Mayors Share How Grappling with Housing has Shaped Their Jobs

Stateline.org, October 27, 2025-Robbie Sequeira
In U.S. cities big and small, mayors are finding their tenures shaped by housing shortages, and efforts to build more homes, so that people of any income can afford a place to live.

In a series of conversations, mayors of big cities such as Atlanta and Seattle, as well as of midsize Midwest cities like Columbus, Ohio, and Madison, Wisconsin, told Stateline that housing is the No. 1 priority for mayors to tackle.
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