We Are In A Housing Trap Can We Escape

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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. • https://www.housingtrap.org/ • This standalone video can also be used as a companion to our new book, Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis • • 00:00 Introduction • 01:16 1. Shelter or Investment? • 03:22 2. Building the Trap • 05:01 3. Setting the Trap • 06:19 4. Trapped • 07:38 5. Zoning Lockdown • 09:56 6. Not in My Backyard • 10:57 7. Yes in My Backyard • 12:12 8. Affordable with a Capital A • 13:20 9. Systems or Solutions? • 15:22 10. Unleash the Swarm • 16:22 11. Financing a Housing Revolution • 18:18 12. Building a Strong Town

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