Demystifying Affordable Housing – with Deborah Myerson
Have you ever noticed how many people use the phrase "affordable housing" but it seems like everyone is talking about different things? This is the podcast that will help shed some light on this sometimes confusing, always complex subject. AJ and Deborah go deep and we are here for it.
Lots of great content to check out after you listen to this episode:
Deborah’s Business:
https://dmyersonconsulting.com/
Mentioned in This Episode:
How Did They Do It? Discovering New Opportunities for Affordable Housing
https://dmyersonconsulting.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/how-did-they-do-it-jan-2017.pdf
Few American Cities are Truly Dense. We Can Do Better.
https://www.governing.com/community/few-american-cities-are-truly-dense-we-can-do-better
Public Meetings Thwart Housing Reform Where it is Needed Most
https://www.governing.com/now/public-meetings-thwart-housing-reform-where-it-is-needed-most
Some of Deborah’s Work:
Invisible Neighbors: How To Include People Left Out of B-town’s Neighborhoods
https://limestonepostmagazine.com/invisible-neighbors-left-out-of-neighborhoods/
Best in American Living (Blog)
https://bestinamericanliving.com/?s=deborah+myerson
Prospects for New Housing Cooperatives: Feasibility Study for Housing Cooperatives in the Northern Rockies
Multifamily Housing Development: Ten Case Studies of Innovative Projects
Other Relevant Tools and Articles:
Are We Doing This Right: Granny Flats Edition
https://www.verdunity.com/podcast/episode-37
The Affordable City: Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There) by Shane Phillips
https://islandpress.org/books/affordable-city
Supportive Housing: A Community Solution
https://www.csh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BeyondNIMBYpdf.pdf
The Radical Way Cities are Tackling Affordable Housing
https://www.fastcompany.com/90618596/the-radical-way-cities-are-tackling-affordable-housing
Local Tools to Address Housing Affordability: A State-By-State Analysis
https://www.nlc.org/resource/local-tools-to-address-housing-affordability-a-state-by-state-analysis/
Cooperatively Owned Builder Sees Affordable Housing, Climate Action in ‘Granny Flats’
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