FREOPP

10/14/2026

In case you missed it: Civil society is in decline, and low-income Americans have the most to lose.

Michael Tanner on how to revive it:

Civil society is increasingly on the decline, and if we do not work hard to revive it, it will remain diminished, leaving especially those most in need of support—low-income Americans—at ever greater risk.

10/12/2026

At FREOPP, we’re working to expand opportunity and create lasting change for American families and communities.

Check out FREOPP’s new mission statement: https://freopp.org/our-mission/

10/12/2026

Happy Columbus Day!

Today, we honor the faith and bravery of the explorers and early settlers of the New World.

10/10/2026

The goal for struggling families is social mobility, not a cycle of state dependency.

FREOPP Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Aly Brodsky went on the From Ideas to Innovation podcast with Justin Callais to discuss how we can make safety nets work for families.

Watch and listen to the episode here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKaDT6dBs0

10/09/2026

FREOPP applies America's founding principles to the issues that matter most to struggling Americans.

Check out FREOPP's new mission statement: https://freopp.org/our-mission/

10/08/2026

“America has become an uncivil country,” writes Michael Tanner, FREOPP’s Senior Fellow of Social Mobility, in the Washington Examiner.

Read the piece here:

Polarization and declining trust threaten American civil society. Revitalizing it requires less partisanship and more civic engagement.

10/07/2026

The house that Andy Griffith grew up in—1,152 square feet on a small lot—is valued at about $182,000 today, or $158 a square foot.

FREOPP's Luca Gattoni-Celli explains why zoning now makes that kind of modest, affordable home nearly impossible to build:

To create such a main street from scratch today, a suburb or small town would have to discard typical zoning

10/07/2026

A policy can have the right data, the right logic, and still fail the family it was written for. What decides the outcome is the part most reform conversations skip: how it gets built and implemented.

FREOPP Executive Vice President Aly Brodsky on the From Ideas to Innovation podcast with Justin Callais. https://www.youtube.com/

10/06/2026

FREOPP's new handbook, “Affording the American Dream”, lays out market-based fixes across child care, housing, energy, health care, trade, debt, and college cost. Introduced by FREOPP President Akash Chougule, it targets the handful of costs that most decide whether working families can get ahead.

Read it here: https://freopp.org/whitepapers/affording-the-american-dream-making-everyday-life-more-attainable-for-every-american/

10/05/2026

FREOPP's new mission statement recommits our work to Americans on the bottom half of the socioeconomic ladder, from zoning reform to health care access to child welfare. FREOPP President Akash Chougule explains what that means and why it matters now.

Read it here: https://freopp.org/oppblog/renewing-the-american-dream/