Last week, MetroTrends explored three very different dimensions of housing policy in metropolitan America:

• Susan Popkin and Amanda Mireles argue for “two-generation” strategies to help the kids and their parents living in troubled public housing projects.
• Margery Turner explores our latest interactive map, which shows early signs of a housing market recovery in metros nationwide.
• Rolf Pendall compares three different tools for gauging rental affordability across metros.