My three lessons from the #urban-x panel “Future of Affordable #housing”
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Awesome event by Urban-XThe panelists — Diana Lind, Chris Bledsoe, Karen Kubey, and Greg Lindsay — were fantastic. I took away three lessons from the Urban-X event.Challenge the dominant narrativeDiana Lind argued that we’ve been designing our homes for nuclear families. In fact, as Greg Lindsay pointed out, the idea of owning your own home has become part of our narrative of adulthood and, for some, masculinity itself. We need housing that is suitable for different living needs. Think intergenerational families, digital nomads, and friends who want to live together.Models are emerging. Panelists mentioned coliving, microunits, Baugruppe, and Megahouses. Coliving and microunits — of which Chris Bledsoe’s Ollie is one — optimize living space, helping more people live in one smaller unit more (...)