American Dream Coalition

Defending Your Freedom, Mobility and Affordable Homeownership

Most people define the American dream as owning their own home and having the mobility to get where they want to go, when they want to go there.  We believe this is an ideal worth defending.  But the American Dream is under attack!  The Smart Growth/Sustainable Development agenda imposes command-and-control policies at the local level that will restrict mobility and make housing unaffordable.  Our mission is to support citizens and organizations that support the American Dream.  Free people deserve government at all levels that promotes markets, not mandates.  Our website is an abundant source of information that you are welcome to explore and share with others.

Do you need a speaker or presentation for your group?
Please contact Ed Braddy at ed@americandreamcoalition.org or 352-281-5817.

What’s New? PowerPoint presentations from many of our outstanding speakers from the 8th Annual Preserving the American Dream Conference are Now Available.

ADC Special Report: Do Highway Users Pay the Full Costs of Roads? This analysis by transportation expert Thomas Rubin is accompanied by a detailed spreadsheet.  For more publications, including reports on high-speed rail, see our publications page.

For the Lighter Side of Urban Planning – Biff Fantastic for Happy Smart Growth!

• DVDs and downloadable PowerPoints from our April Preserving the American Dream conference in Bellevue, Washington
• Video presentations from our December transportation conference Reston, Virginia, produced by DiGiVision

The Guide to the American Dream provides access to hundreds of downloadable papers, spreadsheets, and other documents on:

• Automobility
• Congestion
• Housing
• Land Use
• Pollution
• Public Health and Safety
• Smart-Growth Disasters
• Transit

Original research on

• Rail transit
• Housing affordability
• Other topics

We have lots of other useful information on our website. Feel free to give us feedback if you have any comments or questions.

For most Americans, a home with a yard and an automobile to get them where they want to go is how they define the American Dream.  We believe this is an ideal worth defending.

For more information, please contact Ed Braddy, executive director, at ed@americandreamcoalition.org or 352-281-5817.