The Housing Market is Broken
Housing is an investment. And investment prices must go up.
Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.
Housing can't be both a good investment and broadly affordable - yet we insist on both. This is the housing trap.
Example Curriculum
Introduction to Strong Towns
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Housing Trap Book and Lecture
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Housing in a Strong Town
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Emerging Ideas
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Discussion: Regulatory Reform
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Discussion: Growing an Ecosystem of Incremental Developers
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Discussion: Local Financing of Entry Level Housing
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- How Muskegon, MI, Is Building Hundreds of Homes on Vacant Lots
- MSHDA Housing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Program
- A Conversation with Bob Chapman: 5 Step Recipe for Affordable Housing (80:29)
- 33 Rules for Survival, NTBA Member Chat, Bob Chapman (64:01)
- How to Build Affordable Housing, NTBA Member Chat (67:29)
- Leveraging Tax-Exempt AAA Payback Loans
Housing Campaign Working Group Virtual Sessions
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- Session 1: Introductions and Welcome (61:59)
- Session 2: Working Ideas (60:04)
- Session 3: Michigan TIF (67:02)
- Session 4: Recap and Review Best Practices (61:14)
- Session 5: Abolishing Minumum Lot Sizes (70:45)
- Session 6: Guest, Center For Building In North America (63:31)
- Session 7: Chuck Shares the Next Steps (63:12)
- Briefing: Vision for 2025 (64:37)