The Rise of the Single-Family Home

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To tackle its critical shortage of affordable housing, California has taken aim at a central tenet of the American dream: the single-family home.

Telling the story of one such property, in San Diego, can teach us about the larger housing crisis and how we might solve it.

Guest: Conor Dougherty (https://www.nytimes.com/by/conor-dougherty?smid=pc-thedaily), an economics reporter at The New York Times and author of “Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America.”

Background reading:


The transformation of 5120 Baxter Street in San Diego is a projection of California’s tighter, taller future (https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/california-news).
NIMBYs, referring to residents who fight nearby development — especially anything involving apartments — are often blamed for worsening the housing crisis (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/business/economy/california-housing-crisis-nimby.html).
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