We’re creating affordable, resilient cities where people can thrive—designed from the ground up to solve the challenges legacy cities can’t. These are places built for real lives, real families, and a more hopeful American future.
New City Pioneers exists to design and build a new generation of American cities—affordable, resilient, and human-required—by rethinking urban development from the ground up. We aim to solve today’s most urgent challenges in housing, infrastructure, and employment by creating entirely new communities that expand opportunity, promote sustainability, and restore the American Dream.
Skyrocketing housing costs, crumbling infrastructure, and mass job displacement are leaving millions behind. Our biggest cities are overcrowded and unaffordable, while rural communities lack access to opportunity. We need more than reform—we need reinvention.
44 of 50 Major Cities are Unaffordable by Design
High land costs and outdated zoning have priced out the middle class, driving housing shortages and skyrocketing rents.
30% of U.S. Jobs at Risk from AI Disruption
Automation is replacing work faster than cities can adapt, leaving workers behind and essential roles unfilled.
U.S. Infrastructure Earns a C-
America's roads, bridges, and utilities are graded C- by the American Society of Civil Engineers, signaling costly repairs and modernization needs that current cities can't keep up with.
Urban Land Costs $5m per Acre
In top urban centers, land prices are hundreds of times higher than rural areas--making affordable development nearly impossible.
America’s urban challenges demand more than quick fixes. By building entirely new cities in strategic locations, we can create affordable housing, modern infrastructure, and resilient, human-required jobs (HRJs). It’s a bold path forward—and one that works for everyone.
New cities offer a clean slate—affordable, walkable, and designed for human well-being, not speculation.
New cities create lasting, local roles in healthcare, education, and infrastructure that can’t be automated or outsourced.
Get updates, research, and ways to take action as we work to build affordable, future-ready cities across the country.
