{"product_id":"9781119984528-escaping-the-housing-trap-the-strong-t","title":"Escaping the Housing Trap","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis\u003cbr\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\n\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\n\u003cli\u003eExplorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608836120673,"sku":"9781119984528","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27716688.jpg?v=1722001539","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781119984528-escaping-the-housing-trap-the-strong-t","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}