96. Marty Rowland - 2023 Annual Conference: Why is Housing so Unaffordable? Causes and Solutions

Today our discussion comes from our most recent annual conference: Why is Housing so Unaffordable? Causes and Solutions. This is our final episode for the conference and will conclude our annual conference content. We hope you enjoyed it, and we’re looking forward to seeing you at next year’s conference. Today we will be talking with Dr. Marty Rowland. He served in the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation as a Senior Project Manager for Environmental Remediation to help the city improve environmental quality, bettering living standards for all New Yorkers. He has taught at various institutions, such as Pace University and here at the Henry George School of Social Science. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Asset Leadership Network, a group that promotes financial awareness as a way to achieve social objectives.   To sustain the affordable housing programs we’ve discussed, we will need sound public policy that addresses the root causes of the crisis. Understanding previous land and housing policy can be a useful guide for navigating our current dilemma. In order to craft the best possible policies, we will need to comprehend how programs in the past failed. Comprehending this can improve future policies to maximize social outcomes. Dr. Marty Rowland earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and his master’s from the University of New Orleans, both in Environmental Engineering. He later went on to earn his Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics from the University of New Orleans as well. Dr. Rowland joined the Henry George School to discuss land and housing policies during the progressive era, how rent controls and community land trusts impact wellbeing, and how land-value tax policy has been considered over time. To check out more of our content, including our research, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/