Economic Architecture The Podcast
Come dream, come build affordable homes [Episode 28]
In this week’s episode, cdcb Executive Director Nick Mitchell-Bennett utilizes a multi-pronged social innovation to redesign our approach to affordable housing. The work of come dream. come build. (cdcb) in Brownsville, Texas is not only about developing more physical infrastructure, but also working with the local population, financial sector, and climate and sanitation challenges to design safe homes—all in an effort to reclaim the visionary prospect of homeownership promised by the American Dream. Host Stuart Yasgur and Nick Mitchell-Bennett outline the regional concerns when building homes in the Rio Grande…
In this week’s episode, cdcb Executive Director Nick Mitchell-Bennett utilizes a multi-pronged social innovation to redesign our approach to affordable housing. The work of come dream. come build. (cdcb) in Brownsville, Texas is not only about developing more physical infrastructure, but also working with the local population, financial sector, and climate and sanitation challenges to design safe homes—all in an effort to reclaim the visionary prospect of homeownership promised by the American Dream.
Host Stuart Yasgur and Nick Mitchell-Bennett outline the regional concerns when building homes in the Rio Grande Valley, the need to rethink homeowners’ insurance for affordable housing, and why making capital investments in parts of the country that are often left out of the spotlight is a necessary focal point for the future.
Learn more about Come Dream, Come Build: https://cdcb.org/
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