Who Killed the Starter Home?
Have you seen any starter homes for sale lately? Neither have we.
In this podcast, we speak with experts and try to figure out why this humble first home is going extinct. We’ll be exploring if it is the politicians, wielding zoning laws like a murder weapon who killed the starter home? Or maybe the scaredy-cat planners and designers? Or the developers, armed with cookie-cutter plans and corporate indifference? Is it our convoluted tax policy that subsidies homeownership, but puts every tax penalty in the way of creation of the starter homes.
Spoiler alert: it’s probably a little of everything.
We’ll be peeling back the layers of bureaucracy, bad faith, and bad planning, with stops along the way for affordable housing scandals, ADU success stories, and a passionate plea for building code updates. Join us for a conversation that’s part policy deep-dive, part therapy session for frustrated builders, and entirely a love letter to cities that deserve better.
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- Neighborhood Creation by Immaculate Conception or Careful Curation? Conversation with Seth Zeren 03.10.2025
- Small Is Mighty: Boutique Retail Reviving Cities. Conversation with Edie Weintraub 26.09.2025
- Catalyst in Action: Building Capacity, Leading the Way. Conversation with Desmond Dunn 19.09.2025
- Not a Bubble, Just Demand - Conversation with Salim Furth 12.09.2025
- Unstoppable: Housing Reformer with a Newborn - Conversation with Rashi Kesarwani 05.09.2025
- Vision or Vandalism? When Development Erases Art - Conversation with Leon Rainbow 29.08.2025
- Do NOT Sell Grandma's Home! conversation with Shaheed Morris 22.08.2025
- Redefining Luxury: Walkability, History, and Community - Conversation with John Hatch 16.08.2025
- Want a City That Works? Give a Damn! Conversation with Sean Jackson 08.08.2025
- Bedroom Community to True Community, Conversation with Roland Pott 01.08.2025
- Is NIMBYism Hypocrisy? Conversation with Christopher Chowton 25.07.2025
- You Get What You Tax For - conversation with Joe Small 18.07.2025
- The Government IS Working, conversation with Commissioner Jacquelyn Suárez of NJ DCA 11.07.2025
- After-Renovation Value Financing - Conversation with Skip Schenker 04.07.2025
- We ARE building starter homes! Conversation with Kol Peterson 27.06.2025
- We can bring the cost down! Conversation with Aaron Holm 20.06.2025
- Housing SOS: Conversation with Shane Phillips 13.06.2025
- Policy That Helps Us Evolve: Conversation with Natali Fani-Gonzalez 06.06.2025
- Land Value Tax - Conversation with Daryl Fairweather 30.05.2025
- What is your American Dream? Conversation with Christian Calderon 16.05.2025
