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Housing And Community Outcomes
Customers have generally positive opinions on "Escaping the Housing Trap" as it sheds light on the connection between housing and community outcomes, offering valuable insights into the history and causes of the current housing crisis in America. Some readers wish for more actionable solutions but overall find the book insightful, thought-provoking, and useful in creating community dialogue.
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The more academic voice of herriges and the metaphorical yet accessible voice of marohn complement each other to create a power... Read More
Very well written, honest and nonideological in its breakdown of the state of housing in the united states today.
This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t undertake the zoning and related loosening called for by the authors, only that the looseni... Read More
The solutions are very simple but very difficult to implement.
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The first few chapters alone are worth the cost of admission.
"escaping the housing trap" offers a fresh diagnosis of the housing crisis: we need housing to prices to fall, and we can't aff... Read More
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But while other authors favor more radical deregulation, this book emphasizes the value of "incremental development"- that is, ... Read More
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- This product had a total of 66 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 11 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Solutions focusing on small businesses and small property owners are doomed to fail because of the oppressive impact of rent control legalized theft onerous tenant rights and an antiowner mindset of government that gives squatters more rights than owners
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The author underestimates the impact on anyone considering adding a rental property after learning owners are forced to go years without rent and pay repairs utilities and legal expenses while being treated as bad people
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But i am not completely persuaded by the authors argument
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The authors suggest that there are simply not enough construction workers or cranes for large developers to build enough new housing to bring prices down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But construction workers are made not born if demand was adequate we could have more of them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I also dont quite understand why the authors think that incremental development will be more effective in producing new housing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I certainly agree with the authors more than not like me they believe americans need less regulation and more housing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But after reading this book and bryan caplans 34build baby build34 i think caplans book is closer to my own point of view
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