Rethinking the Housing Crisis: Beyond Supply-Demand Dogma
Hosted by the City Club of New York.
Join us online on May 7, 2024 at 6:30pm (ET) for our webinar "Rethinking the Housing Crisis: Beyond Supply-Demand Dogma"
The ongoing debate on how to address the housing crisis will be the central focus of discussion. While some argue that the only solution lies in increasing housing supply, including luxury housing, others believe that the supply-demand paradigm is not the answer to this complex issue. As the voices advocating for increased supply have gained strength, it becomes ever more important to counterbalance these arguments with perspectives that rigorously explore the intricacies of the housing crisis.
Following the panel discussion, panelists will answer questions from the audience.
Cameron Murray specializes in the economics of property and housing systems, natural resource management and corruption, but is broadly interested in how societies organize, invest and progress. He regularly communicates economic ideas at his one-man think-tank Fresh Economic Thinking. If you want to understand the economics of housing markets and why everyone claims to want affordable housing, but no one wants cheap housing, then his new book The Great Housing Hijack is for you.
Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the founding chair of the UBC Urban Design program. Innovative in his approach, Patrick champions public engagement as a cornerstone of sustainable community development. Most recently, his partnership with the City of North Vancouver resulted in the development of a visionary 100-year plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2107, garnering prestigious awards for their pioneering efforts in urban sustainability. He is the author of Broken City, published May 6, 2024.