Escaping the housing trap : the strong towns response to the housing crisis / Charles Marohn, Daniel Herriges.
| Author/creator | Marohn, Charles L. author. |
| Other author | Herriges, Daniel, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Strong towns response to the housing crisis |
| Abstract | "Housing prices are at record highs, and millions of Americans are housing insecure in one form or another. Our housing markets are failing to provide the foundation for all Americans to have a dignified life they can afford in a good place with access to opportunity. Housing is a classic example of a "wicked problem" in planning and public policy: one involving a complex system with many interrelated parts, which does not yield to simple prescriptive fixes nor to pat ideological explanations. This is why, although nearly everyone agrees that we have a "housing crisis" today, there is no broad consensus on the nature and causes of that crisis, let alone what should be done about it. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Solution to the Housing Crisis will identify the tension between the "housing as a financial product" approach that dominates housing markets and the "housing as shelter" constraint that all of us as humans share. In the former, fiscal and monetary policy works to push the price up, combining with many local factors that also accelerate housing prices upward. Yet, to meet the shelter needs of Americans, prices need to come down, or at least be aligned with what people can broadly afford."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2024). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Marohn, Charles L. Escaping the housing trap Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2024] 9781119984528 |
| LCCN | 2024006968 |
| ISBN | 9781394198306 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1394198302 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781394198313 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1394198310 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| Stock number | F59331EE-6491-4076-9F24-AE621A02B5A7 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |