A 50-year housing reboot could reshape America’s suburbs into walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods

America’s housing crisis stems from a century-old suburban model built on single-family zoning; over the next 50 years, reforms like YIMBY policies, ADUs, and smarter urban planning could turn suburbs into denser, walkable, mixed-use places—and even launch new cities—though outcomes depend on immigration, financing, and political will.