Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis

Business & Money

Marohn Jr., Charles L.

Herriges, Daniel

Economics

wiley

<p>When the first volume of this book was published in 2011, Strong Towns was a fledgling nonprofit. Since then, it has grown into a national media organization with an award-winning website, StrongTowns.org, and accompanying podcast. Over the last five years, Strong Towns’ member base has grown and its message has spread across the country. Volume II is a chance to share the top essays published on our website in 2015, reworked and compiled into compelling chapters including, “Can you be an engineer and speak out for reform?” “Dealing with Congestion,” and “My Car Pays Cheaper Rent Than Me.” Also included are sections on Strong Towns’ ongoing campaigns, #NoNewRoads and #SlowtheCars. The book features writing from Strong Towns’ president, Charles Marohn, as well as several Strong Towns contributors.</p>

Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume II

Price, Andrew

Hood, Nathaniel

Johnson, Gracen

Leyrer, Matthias

Quednau, Rachel

Sanphillippo, Johnny

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

All around us, we see communities mired in debt, struggling just to patch potholes or repaint storefronts. Yet we also see our governments spending incredible sums of money on new highways, stadiums and civic centers. Why is there such a mismatch between our neighborhoods’ basic needs—unfulfilled—and a seemingly endless pot of money that our local leaders can tap into to pay for unnecessary megaprojects? How can we change this model of development so that our towns build lasting prosperity from the bottom up, with people like you and me, instead of faking it from the top down? These are some of the key questions Strong Towns sets out to answer in Volume III of Thoughts on Building Strong Towns. The Mission of Strong Towns is to support a model of development that allows America’s cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume III

Griffin, Jennifer

Dukes, Alexander

Kobos, Sarah

Proppe, Sara Joy

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