Thom Amdur, the Executive Director & President of National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, joins Jeff Carroll and Doug Koch to discuss off-site construction, construction flexibility, and the future of developing affordable multifamily housing.
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Where are the Republican YIMBYs?
This is a question I have been asking for years.
“People who want dynamism in housing markets and urban development ought of find common ground with Republicans, so why do there seem to be so few Republican YIMBYs? Nolan Gray of the Mercatus Center comments.”
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/where-are-republican-yimbys
HousingThink Extra – Episode 3
An overview of the wide variety of factory-built construction technologies.
Another Housing Provider Quits
“I no longer have any desire to be a housing provider in California. The politicians have beaten me down with their constant attacks on landlords. Because California has failed to produce enough housing to satisfy the increases in demand from the jobs created here, my fellow small property owners and I are now Public Enemy No. 1. The statewide rent control law passed last year, which comes on top of myriad local measures to regulate us, showed just how little our work is valued in this state…. The race toward the bottom has begun. Will anyone wake up to this? ”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogervaldez/2020/03/09/i-quitanother-housing-provider-gives-up/#75bbbe0036c5
HousingThink Podcast – Episode 3
In this episode we explore the hierarchy of factory-built technology including factory-built homes and factory-built components. We also look at a news article relating to the decline of the HUD-Code manufactured housing industry.
Ending the Stigma of Trade School
“The stigma of vocational school needs to end. Parents, the stigma started with us and it needs to end with us.”
https://grownandflown.com/end-stigma-trade-school/
HousingThink Extra – Episode 2
A deeper dive into the rental housing marketplace.
Canadian High Schools Bring Back the Trades
“Windsor-Essex electricians and plumbers could be fully qualified to work by the time they are 20 years old. That’s if they take advantage of an expanding skilled trades program on which the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board and St. Clair College have been collaborating.”
HousingThink Podcast – Episode 2
Episode 2 of the HousingThink Podcast. Doug and Jeff discuss the rental housing marketplace including affordable, workforce, and luxury multifamily housing.
HousingThink Podcast – Episode 1
This is the inaugural episode of the HousingThink Podcast where we introduce our producer (Phil Erhardt) and our co-hosts (Doug Koch and Jeff Carroll). We discuss the format of the show and the content for future episodes.