Can “Urban Homesteading” Help Cities Fight the Housing Crisis?

A boarded-up row house in Baltimore, similar to those used in an urban homesteading project. (Original image source: Paul Sableman on Flickr.)

In this episode of Upzoned, host Abby Newsham is joined by John Anderson, a builder and developer in Georgia, to discuss the Strong Towns take on “urban homesteading,” where cities sell derelict houses to people for $1 in exchange for a promise to renovate the property and live there for a period of time.



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