{"product_id":"9781119984528-1","title":"Escaping the Housing Trap","description":"\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 \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 \u003cli\u003eExplorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49521734385903,"sku":"9781119984528","price":33.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0559\/3877\/7237\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4165670b-e7ed-46d0-8ecb-b6e6d1916ee6.jpg?v=1778789437","url":"https:\/\/www.entershinebookshop.ca\/products\/9781119984528-1","provider":"Entershine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}