{"product_id":"high-desert-higher-costs-bend-and-the-housing-crisis-in-the-american-west-paperback-softback-9781962645287","title":"High Desert, Higher Costs; Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West (Paperback \/ softback) 9781962645287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHigh Desert, Higher Costs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBend and the Housing Crisis in the American West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Bach (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781962645287\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Set against the backdrop of the housing crisis in Bend, Oregon, Jonathan Bach’s book invites us into the lives of everyday people to understand what it takes to find, keep, and afford a place to call home. Meticulously detailed, \u003ci\u003eHigh Desert, Higher Costs\u003c\/i\u003e offers an account of the Byzantine layers of local, state, and federal policies that have led us to this crisis and examines which ones might move us out of it. Moving from discussions of urban-growth boundaries and short-term rentals to lending programs and YIMBY density proposals, this should be required reading for anyone trying to understand the many nuances of the housing crisis, how we got here, and what steps we can take to imagine a different future of housing in our communities.” - Ryanne Pilgeram, author of \u003ci\u003ePushed Out: Contested Development and Rural Gentrification in the US West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNestled against the Cascade Mountains, former lumber town Bend, Oregon, entices residents who long to live in a wonderland of sagebrush and forests. But like so many other communities across the West, Bend has too few homes for everyone clambering for access. In \u003ci\u003eHigh Desert, Higher Costs\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Bach takes a closer look at the housing crisis in this mid-sized city that is both the population center for rural Central Oregon and a major recreation area. Bach uses Bend as a lens into the growing housing crisis in the region, where residents and tourists alike prize access to outdoor recreation, and housing issues have been brewing for decades. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Like other cities in Montana, Idaho, and Colorado, Bend serves as a gateway to popular natural areas while also suffering from a limited amount of new housing, increasing populations, amenity migrants in the age of remote work, depressed or stagnating wages, and a widening gulf between homeowners and renters. \u003ci\u003eHigh Desert, Higher Costs\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to regular people—from the former political candidate evicted during COVID-19 to the nonprofit worker hoping to build apartments for the houseless—who struggle to call Bend home. Bach explores the causes of these issues and the political, legal, economic, and cultural factors influencing them, and also offers potential solutions for current and future residents to build their lives now, and in the years to come, in Bend and throughout the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Oregon State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52638154326296,"sku":"9781962645287","price":16.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/high-desert-higher-costs-bend-and-the-housing-crisis-in-the-american-west-paperback-softback-9781962645287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}