These numbers are extreme, but they highlight a dangerous trend in American cities: housing is becoming increasingly difficult to afford. In many cases, high prices are disrupting longstanding city communities, and even forcing low-income residents out of their neighborhoods.

There’s no magic solution to the problem. But in addition to finding funds and space for more affordable housing, one often-overlooked strategy, many experts agree, is improving city transportation.

How can changing the way people get around a city make it easier for them to afford to live there? In advance of the Zócalo/Metro event “Can Transit Make Housing More Affordable?” we asked people who study, write about, and are deeply engaged in urban development: How can new transit projects make more affordable housing?

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