In the United States, owning a home usually means owning it outright—the house, the land, and the full bundle of rights attached to both. But this fee simple ownership model is a choice, not the only option for how we build housing for our families and communities. And perhaps begs the question of whether we should treat housing exclusively as a financial asset, rather than the cornerstone of our lives.
In this week’s episode, host Stuart Yasgur reflects on three innovators reimagining homeownership: Ashon Nesbitt, CEO of the Florida Housing Coalition on community land trusts that keep homes permanently affordable, Tony Pickett, CEO of Grounded Solutions Network on shared-equity models that preserve affordability for the next buyer, and Frolic’s Co-Founders Tamara Knox and Josh Morrison on turning single-family lots into multi-unit co-ops. Together they show that how we own property is a design choice—one we can rethink to make housing more genuinely a home.
Learn more about Ashon Nesbitt, Tony Pickett, and Tamara Knox and Joshua Morrison’s work in previous episodes of the Economic Architecture podcast:
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Production Team:
Host: Stuart Yasgur
Executive Producer: Becca Rashid
Senior Producer & Research Lead: Jennifer Vogt