Escaping the Housing Trap

The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis

By: Charles L. Marohn Jr., Daniel Herriges

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

In Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Solution to the Housing Crisis, 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.

This 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.

Escaping the Housing Trap is the must-have resource for everyone with a stake in the future of housing in America-and that means everyone. Listeners will find discussions of housing as an investment and how the country's neighborhoods are being transformed by the introduction of large amounts of investment; explorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism; and a comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis.

©2024 Charles Marohn and Daniel Herriges (P)2024 Ascent Audio

outrageous enough to make your blood boil; inspiring enough to calm you back down

If it is new to you, the information contained within will make angry — a history of arrogance, manipulation, abuse, and racism spanning all levels of relevance and moving through time from the 1920s to the 2020s. And even still, Strong Towns has a plan to correct these mistakes and bring hope back to American cities. A plan we can implement. Together.

Practical Wisdom

I love the way this book avoids easy solutions yet still manages to be inspiring.

Solutions…

Had reasonable solutions for all the looming issues that plague housing affordability & development, the cogs in the system harm everyone including the children of those who have benefited from the housing boom

A Must Listen for Housing

Thought provoking and insightful. If you are interested in making the place you live, work, and play in better for everyone, this book is for you.

A timely book about being a part of local change for the better

I would recommend this to anyone. It has given me lots of hope for the future! I want to become an incremental developer in my community and be a part of the solution.