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On the housing crisis : land, development, democracy
Author
Title
On the housing crisis : land, development, democracy / Jerusalem Demsas.
ISBN
9781638931966
1638931968
9781638931973
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Zando, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xvii, 137 pages ; 19 cm.
Notes
Collects essays originally published in The Atlantic in 2022-2023.
Summary
"Jerusalem Demsas turns her authorative expertise and keen eye to the housing shortage, one of our country's most dire yet widely misunderstood public frustrations. Demsas examines how local democracies have become coconspirators in the anti-development aspirations of the very few, at the hefty expense of the many. These essays identify the inefficiencies and irrationalities of contemporary land-use politics and the stages they play out on, offering readers a refreshing and accessible guide to a generational crisis"-- Page 4 of cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2024
Series
Atlantic editions
Contents
Local government has too much power
Housing breaks people's brains
Community input is bad, actually
The billionaire's dilemma
Why American doesn't built
Trees? Not in my backyard
Americans vote too much
Meet the latest housing-crisis scapegoat
The real villain in the gentrification story
What's causing Black flight?
The right to move is under attack
The people who hate people
The root cause of the homelessness crisis
The obvious answer to homelessness.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Essays.
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