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Upzoned - The Retirement Plan Trapped Inside the Housing Crisis
Description
Americans have been told that buying a home is one of the safest ways to secure their future. But when retirement depends on home values continuing to climb, affordability begins to look like a threat. Carlee Alm-LaBar is joined by Daniel Herriges, co-author of Escaping the Housing Trap, and Alli Thurmond-Quinlan, executive director of the Incremental Development Alliance. Together, they push beyond the idea that housing is simply an investment problem. Limited supply, narrow housing choices, transportation, retirement, and municipal finance are all tied into the same system, leaving people with fewer ways to find security at every stage of life.
ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES- "The Housing Crisis Is Also a Retirement Crisis" by Kyla Scanlon, Nytimes.com (July 2026)
- Downzone:
- From Strength to Strength, by Arthur C. Brooks (Site)
- Construction Physics (Substack)
- World Cup 2026 (Site)
- Carlee Alm-LaBar (LinkedIn)
- Daniel Herriges (LinkedIn)
- Alli Thurmond-Quinlan (LinkedIn)
- Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.
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