10+ Best Articles on Housing
The most useful articles on housing from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Housing Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on housing by Refind users in 2024 so far.
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How to Create Real Housing Affordability, With Dignity
The lessons of New Town at St. Charles.
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Can 3D Printing Help Address the Affordable Housing Crisis in the United States?
The construction is faster, cleaner and more affordable, but experts acknowledge some trial and error is needed
Short Articles
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Could this obscure tax idea reshape American housing?
Detroit may put the land-value tax to the test
Housing politics divide the suburbs
Zoning changes are presented as a way to increase affordable housing, but risk backlash.
High-Rise Buildings Are Not the Future of Housing. Low-Rises Are.
Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti shares his vision for accessible and sustainable housing to accommodate the world’s growing population.
Many Canadians Will Never Own a Home. Does It Matter?
Our country has spent decades incentivizing home ownership. What would it take to make Canada a nation of renters?
You Should Probably Wait to Buy a Home
Why the housing market is so brutal right now
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on housing.
How Can Fewer People + More Apartments = Higher Rent?
Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
"Luxury" construction causes high rents like umbrellas cause rain
The NIMBY mindset persists in the face of evidence.
Against Homeownership
Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.
The Real Estate Hustle-Culture Con That’s Exploiting Investors and Wrecking the Housing Market
A lawsuit filed against “influencer” Grant Cardone offers an inside look at a get-rich-quick scheme that could help enable the next housing market crash.
Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis
A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions
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