Practical resource · Housing decisions
Five questions.
A clearer next decision.
A discussion checklist for housing and capital-allocation meetings. Prepared October 28, 2026.
Who is underserved?
Specify households, income ranges, geography, tenure, and time horizon. What evidence establishes the need?
What can be delivered?
Identify the housing product, land, infrastructure, entitlements, timeline, and expected demand.
What can be financed?
Document costs, operating assumptions, debt, equity, and any financing gap. Which inputs materially change the result?
What intervention addresses the constraint?
Compare alternatives, fiscal consequences, risks, and conditions required for each option to work.
Who owns the next action?
Assign responsibility, authority, resources, and timing. Identify the evidence that would change the recommendation.
Record before you leave the room
The decision to make:
The binding constraint:
The next evidence needed:
The owner and deadline:
General discussion framework. Application requires analysis of the specific circumstances.