We Are In A Housing Trap. Can We Escape?

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