American home prices have risen nearly 50 percent in just four years, and the two sides of the housing reform war haven’t budged an inch. One side wants high-density apartments, and the other opposes changing single-family detached zoning. Is there a third way to keep housing more affordable? One American city suggests there is.
Please join us for the premiere of The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch, a nine-minute documentary that highlights Charlotte, North Carolina, and explains how light-touch density (LTD) can create housing abundance by legalizing small-scale residential development that is compatible with single-family detached neighborhoods. LTD adds homes, but unlike subsidized housing, it requires no subsidies, income limits, rent control, or federal government involvement in zoning decisions. Formal and informal discussions will follow the documentary premiere.