Buildings, Housing, and Real Estate

555Titles in the inventory

304From problem folders

204From solution folders

Detailed overview of the entire domain — including all subdivisions

Problems / Solutions

Who owns the roof

A house treated as a ticker, a person with no roof, a lot that will not take a second door. The pages below take who owns the building, and what can still be built on the lot.

Problem

Housing financialization

A house became an asset class. GAO: 450,000 single-family rentals in 32 institutional hands by 2022. RealPage taught the rent to move as one.

Solution

Community land trusts

Own the house. Hold the dirt in common. Take it off the flip.

Problem

Homelessness

745,652 counted on one night in January 2025. Grants Pass lets a city jail the blanket even when there is no bed.

Solution

Tiny homes

A legal door, small enough to build. Not a lifestyle brand.

Problem

Restrictive zoning

The map forbids the second door. Then the city wonders where the people went.

Solution

Accessory dwellings

A cottage, a basement flat, a garage rebuilt as a room. The legal second door.

Problem

Energy-wasteful buildings

Homes 15 percent of U.S. energy, commercial buildings 13. A thin box is a furnace you live inside.

Solution

Earthbag and natural building

A wall that holds heat. Dirt, straw, timber — whatever the place and the code allow.

Further writing

The rest of the lot

These pages stand on their own. The first four pairs do not hold the whole deed.

problemShort-term rentalsA key that turned a home into a hotel room problemManufactured-home parksYou own the box. They own the dirt solutionResident-owned communityBuy the dirt under the box you already paid for problemEviction millThe court that files faster than it hears problemLead housingThe paint that was banned and is still on the wall solutionRight to counselDo not go to housing court alone problemHOAsA private government that comes with the deed problemInsurance withdrawalA house the carrier will not renew solutionHousing cooperativeOwn a share. Occupy a room. Vote the building problemVacant homesFifteen million empty units. A nation that cannot find a room problemProperty tax flipThe tax that waits for a new name on the deed solutionLand bankTake the empty lot off the speculator’s list problemPublic housingThe stock that was demolished and may not be replaced problemParking minimumsThe stall the code demands before the door is legal solutionConvert the listingTake the lockbox off. Offer a year solutionLead-safe repairContain the dust. Do not sand the child’s room dry solutionHomesteadSleep there. File the paper solutionShared houseOne roof. More than one household. A year, not a listing solutionRepair nightShow up with a tool. Leave the house standing solutionJust causeRead the notice. Count the days. Ask what reason it names

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