Watch The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch
By Edward Pinto
American home prices have risen nearly 50 percent in just 4 years, and the two sides of the housing reform wars haven’t budged an inch. One side wants high density apartments and the other opposes any changes to single-family detached zoning.
Is there a third way that can bring prices down? One American city suggests there is.
The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch, a nine-minute documentary, highlights Charlotte, North Carolina and explains how we can create housing abundance through Light-touch density (LTD)—the legalization of small-scale residential development that is compatible with single-family detached neighborhoods.
The benefits of LTD include added supply with no need for government housing subsidies and expensive taxpayer support, home price appreciation more in line with wage growth, restored property rights, increased property tax revenue, downsizing opportunities for Baby Boomers, to name a few.
Discover how this proven approach can build up to ten million homes over the next 10 years.
WATCH: The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch
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