{"product_id":"escaping-the-housing-trap-the-strong-towns-response-to-the-housing-crisis-hardback-9781119984528","title":"Escaping the Housing Trap; The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis (Hardback) 9781119984528","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEscaping the Housing Trap\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles L. Marohn, Jr. (Author), Daniel Herriges (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119984528, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHousing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. In \u003ci\u003eEscaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that’s been missing from the Housing Crisis Conversation; and the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom-up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term rentals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnly local change, on a neighborhood or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscaping the Housing Trap\u003c\/i\u003e is the must-read resource for everyone with a stake in the future of housing in America—and that means everyone. Readers will find:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussions of housing as an investment and how the country's neighborhoods are being transformed by the introduction of large amounts of investment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Housing as Investment 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Is Housing Shelter or an Investment? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Building the Trap 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Setting the Trap 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Trapped 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Housing as Shelter 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Zoning Lockdown 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Not in My Backyard 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Yes! In My Backyard 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Affordable with a Capital “A” 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Housing in a Strong Town 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A System That Produces a Solution 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Releasing the Swarm 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Financing a Housing Revolution 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Building a Strong Town 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 213\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462972764440,"sku":"9781119984528","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119984528.jpg?v=1785543926","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/escaping-the-housing-trap-the-strong-towns-response-to-the-housing-crisis-hardback-9781119984528","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}