What Could the Future of Housing Look Like?

Dwellings

2020 was a whirlwind year, challenging our collective notions about what the world around us should look like. Housing, already top of mind in California, became a national conversation. On today’s episode, we’re joined by David Friedlander, CEO of the Change Order Group, a climate and innovation-focused development company. We talk about what needs to change in the world of planning and development to ensure fewer people are unhoused, and what the future of housing might look like in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode Transcript

San José Housing Department: www.sjhousing.org

Research by Issi Romem:

• "Young People Don’t Want Construction Jobs. That’s a Problem for the Housing Market." Wall Street Journal, 2018.
• "Disparity in Departure:Who Leaves the Bay Area and Where Do They Go?" Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley.

"Phoenix has hit 100 degrees on record-breaking half of the days in 2020." Washington Post, 2020.

"Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things." Netflix, 2016.

"Making Room: Housing for a Changing America." National Building Museum exhibition, November 2017 - January 2019.

"Reinventing the Residential Hotel: One Way to Help Solve the Housing Crisis Affecting San Francisco and other American Cities." Panoramic Interests, 2017.

"Living downtown: the history of residential hotels in the United States." Paul Groth, 1994. San Jose State University Library Listing.

"In Stockholm, a Turn to Sharing Homes." New York Times, 2019.

"Vienna’s Affordable Housing Paradise." Huffington Post, 2019.