Without a more ambitious effort, and more willingness to step on political toes, the mayor’s plans to curtail the rising cost of owning or renting a home will likely flounder.

The initiative, Housing Opportunities Made Easy, calls for an ambitious goal of creating 30,000 affordable housing units.

Mayor Cherelle Parker moves on her pledge to build tens of thousands of affordable housing units for city residents as she accepted a $5 million check from Wells Fargo Bank on behalf of the city to ...