In Defense of Housing — The Hidden System Turning Homes into Financial Assets
What if the housing crisis isn't primarily about a shortage of homes—but about what homes have become?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
In Defense of Housing by David Madden and Peter Marcuse argues that the modern housing crisis is rooted in the financialization of housing itself. Rather than functioning primarily as shelter, homes increasingly operate as investment vehicles, reshaping cities, communities, and the incentives that govern who can afford to live where.
This episode investigates the institutional systems behind housing markets…
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