Close to Home
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All across North America, cities are facing a housing crisis. With affordability and supply at record lows, the dream of homeownership remains a distant dream for many. This crisis has wide-ranging implications for city finances, climate, and urban development that affect all of us.
In Close to Home, housing policy advocate Dylon Martin explores how we got here and outlines some of the necessary fixes to get us going in the right direction.
Close to Home is the fourth book in The City Project, a series exploring what happier, healthier, and more just and sustainable cities look like--and we get there.
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Dylon Martin is a Winnipeg resident, an off-reserve citizen of Barren Lands First Nation, an advocate for more homes, and a Master of Public Administration student. Often speaking out at City Hall in favour of policies that allow more homes, he is founder and a core organizer for the group Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) Winnipeg. He has previously worked in policy analysis and written for The Uniter and The Free Press Community Review East.
Dylon spends his free time cycling, watching streaming shows, and volunteering with community groups.