Demystifying Affordable Housing — with Deborah Myerson

Have you ever heard the phrase "affordable housing" used by 5 different people,  but it seems like every one of them is talking about something slightly different? This episode will help shed some light on this sometimes confusing, always complex subject. AJ and Deborah go deep and we are here for it.Lots of great content to check out after you listen to this episode:Deborah’s Business: https://dmyersonconsulting.com/Mentioned in This Episode:How Did They Do It? Discovering New Opportunities for Affordable Housinghttps://dmyersonconsulting.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/how-did-they-do-it-jan-2017.pdfFew American Cities are Truly Dense. We Can Do Better.https://www.governing.com/community/few-american-cities-are-truly-dense-we-can-do-betterPublic Meetings Thwart Housing Reform Where it is Needed Mosthttps://www.governing.com/now/public-meetings-thwart-housing-reform-where-it-is-needed-mostSome of Deborah’s Work:Invisible Neighbors: How To Include People Left Out of B-town’s Neighborhoods https://limestonepostmagazine.com/invisible-neighbors-left-out-of-neighborhoods/Best in American Living (Blog)https://bestinamericanliving.com/?s=deborah+myersonProspects for New Housing Cooperatives: Feasibility Study for Housing Cooperatives in the Northern Rockieshttps://dmyersonconsulting.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/prospects-for-new-housing-cooperatives-executive-summary-1.pdfMultifamily Housing Development: Ten Case Studies of Innovative Projectshttps://uli.bookstore.ipgbook.com/multifamily-housing-development--ten-case-studies-of-innovative-projects-products-9780874203868.phpOther Relevant Tools and Articles:Are We Doing This Right: Granny Flats Editionhttps://www.verdunity.com/podcast/episode-37The Affordable City: Strategies for Putting Housing Within Reach (and Keeping it There) by Shane Phillipshttps://islandpress.org/books/affordable-citySupportive Housing: A Community Solutionhttps://www.csh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BeyondNIMBYpdf.pdfThe Radical Way Cities are Tackling Affordable Housinghttps://www.fastcompany.com/90618596/the-radical-way-cities-are-tackling-affordable-housingLocal Tools to Address Housing Affordability: A State-By-State Analysishttps://www.nlc.org/resource/local-tools-to-address-housing-affordability-a-state-by-state-analysis/Cooperatively Owned Builder Sees Affordable Housing, Climate Action in ‘Granny Flats’https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/cooperatively-owned-builder-sees-affordable-housing-climate-action-in-grann