The Strong Towns Podcast

For some reason I am limited to the amount of words here to express a continuous discussion. The price of housing has a direct correlation to the 2008 National Crisis. Failed mortgages were picked up by financial schemes by renting them instead of mortgaging. When a 30 yr mortgage loans were anywhere from 2% to 6% ; why would any finance business be in that market. Hence rent failed mortgages until times are better then increase the charge on these rentals. This has created the high expense .

Any way I live near Boston and our Governor and our State legislature has placed an emergency housing problem throughout the Commonwealth. The Governor’s answer for the housing shortage and the high price of housing and rentals is to have no more zoning restrictions towards ADU’s through out the State of Massachusetts. I find this so short-sighted that it will actually increase house prices by indirectly increasing the values on houses that have great local amenities, like a corner lot.

We hire a Town Planner but we give that person the scope and direction of what we have agree to . Of course this Planner we hire is a specialist and will council and advise us of the latest Housing and Commercial Development.

Thank you for this podcast and this topic. I ve been a Town Planner for 20 yrs . When I say planner ; I am actually Planning Board Member which is an elected office of a five year term of a five person Board .