Housing Reading List - Summer 2019

A running list of everything that I’ve been reading this summer as I try to gain a better understanding of housing issues. (Updated 07/31/2019)

“Kicked Off The Land” by Lizzie Presser (The New Yorker & ProPublica)

“Preserving Affordable Housing by Buying, Not Building” by Tanner Howard (Shelterforce Magazine)

“Making Normal Neighborhoods Legal Again” by Daniel Herriges (Strong Towns)

“The Eviction Crisis Is Starting To Look A Lot Like the Subprime Mortgage Crisis” by Andrea Riquier (MarketWatch)

“The What, Where, and When of Place-Based Housing Policy’s Neighborhood Effects” by Keri-Nicole Dillman, Keren Mertons Horn, and Ann Verrilli (Housing Policy Debate)

“Raj Chetty’s American Dream” by Gareth Cook (The Atlantic)

”How ‘Developer’ Became Such a Dirty Word” by Emily Badger (New York Times)

“The Hidden Winners in Neighborhood Gentrification” by Kriston Capps (CityLab)

“Black Families Once Lived Off Their Southern Farmland. Their Descendants Are Struggling To Hanging On To It.” by Porsha Wilson (Washington Post)

“HUD’s House of Cards” series by Molly Parker (The Southern Illinoisian & ProPublica)

“Column: VHDA Building Better Communities Through Safe, Affordable Housing” by Kit Hale (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

“Cities and Builders Face ‘Hornet’s Nest’ to Meet Affordable Housing Needs” by Eugene L. Meyer (New York Times)

“Zoning Matters: How Land-Use Policies Shape Our Lives” (How Housing Matters)

“We Mortgaged Our Future With Overvalued Housing” by Matthew Robare (The American Conservative)

“Whose Affordable Housing Crisis?” by Alan Mallach (Shelterforce Magazine)

“Why Planners Should Study Finance” by Frank Muraca (Carolina Planning Journal)

“The Reinvention of Danville’s Downtown” by Deborah and James Fallows (The Atlantic)

“It Takes All Types (of Housing)” by Nathaniel Barrett (Strong Towns)

“Richmond, Virginia’s Place in GIS and Racial Discrimination History” by Chris Gist (Blog, Scholar’s Lab, University of Virginia Library)

“U.S. Private Equity Moves Into Trailer Parks” by Rana Foroohar (Financial Times)

“Why We Must Build” by Rick Jacobus (Shelterforce Magazine)