Fixer-Upper

By Jenny Schuetz,

Book cover of Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems

Book description

Practical ideas to provide affordable housing to more Americans

Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the…

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1 author picked Fixer-Upper as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jenny Schuetz of the Brookings Institution manages in Fixer Upper to pull off two things at once: to provide an authoritative and deeply researched account of how America got into its housing mess; and to convey the material in a way that lay readers can easily grasp.

She finds, among other things, that the worst forms of exclusionary zoning are found not where one would expect them: on the coastal areas which is home to America’s most liberal voters. A smart guide about the problems bedeviling housing policy and what to do about it.

From Richard's list on government housing rules in America.

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