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Our Housing System Assumes Homelessness
['Jamie Madden', 'Author Of', 'Jamie Madden Is A Community Development Professional With Expertise In Housing Development', 'Public Policy', 'Real Estate Finance. He Earned His Master Of City Planning The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology', 'His Ba In Political Science', 'Chinese Swarthmore College', 'A Truman Scholarship. Madden Grew Up In Affordable Housing At The Bittersweet Lane Apartments', 'He Went On To Work For The Affordable Housing Industry S Leading Nonprofits. His Work Has Contributed To Creating More Than Affordable Homes. His Book', 'Wesley Vaughan']
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But as we watch the rising floodwaters of our housing and homelessness crisis, I can’t help feeling the futility of bailing water against the tide.
What would solve our housing crisis?
Our housing crisis is not an unsolvable, abstract problem.
Construction rent and operations rent are conceptual tools to help us understand why current programs and policies are not solving our housing crisis.
If we decide to align our laws and our budgets with our humanity, we can solve our nation’s housing crisis.