Fixer-Upper
How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems

This is a really solid comprehensive proposal to fix the many, many things wrong with the nation’s housing systems. It provided very clear and easy to understand diagnoses of the various problems with similarly clear solutions. It does stay safely in the policy world, without getting much into the f......more

This book is a good, accessible summary of the problems with the broken housing system in the US—and particularly our shortage of housing in in-demand areas—combined with a series of policy proposals to help remedy the situation. While I am too much of an insider to this topic to really be the inten......more

This was a good solid introduction to the US housing crisis and housing policy. It covered not only our severe shortfall in building housing for the last 40 years but also how increasing the supply of housing, while essential, is not enough for the poorest 20% of our population. Each chapter was cle......more

This was an interesting and important read, though at times infuriating bc our housing policy seems so backwards and the author explains it so clearly. I wish I had read this in conjunction with a class, bc she breezed by some things that take me a couple reads to understand. That said, it was overa......more

Not making any particularly new or interesting insights. If you even sort of follow small-case P 'progressive' housing or zoning issues you will have read all of this before. On the other hand, if this is your introduction, you could probably find a more readable place to start. The book is fine, it......more