Edward Erfurt, director of community action, will be presenting in Warrenton, Virginia, on September 9, 2024.

LOCATION: Highland School, Rice Theatre  |   DATE: September 9, 2024  |

TIME: 6:30 p.m. EDT

Talk of a "housing crisis" pervades North American cities, whether it’s about off-the-charts rents in coastal cities or hyper-vacancy in the Rust Belt. These problems are symptoms of a deeper dysfunction. Over nearly a century, through often well-intended top-down policy interventions, North America has turned a complex system that should be adaptive and self-correcting into one prone to a never-ending cycle of boom-and-bust crises and overcorrections.

Addressing the dysfunction at the root of these housing problems requires a shift in approach. North America must move away from its current model, which gives large developers and centralized financial institutions unprecedented sway over what is built and where. It must move toward an antifragile housing ecosystem in which the bar to entry is low and every neighborhood can undergo incremental change over time.

This free presentation will help you understand the root causes of the housing crises and identify some rational responses that your city (and every city) can take.