Thanks to all who attended, and thanks to Chuck Marohn for being so generous with his time, before, during, and after the event. Here is a recording of his talk.
Cleveland Park Smart Growth will be hosting a talk featuring Strong Towns Founder, Chuck Marohn, to discuss his new book, “Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis.”
When: Thursday, May 23, 2024, 6:00-7:30pm
Where: Cleveland Park Library, Lower Level Conference Room
Register: Free event, we ask that you register here to give us a head count.
Details: “Housing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.
This is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. This presentation introduces a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. These insights will help local communities fight back against the current affordability housing crisis and opt out of the boom-and-bust cycles that have typified housing in postwar America.
This presentation offers a serious yet accessible history of housing policy in the United States. It explains how we reached this point, where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term renters. Only local change, on a neighborhood- or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.”
This should be a great discussion. Hope to see you there!
To learn more about Strong Towns: https://www.strongtowns.org/
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