Social inequality is one of the major problems of our times, and housing is one of the areas where you can feel that immediately. In a movement called incremental development, people who would usually not be able to afford it and sometimes not even think about it help each other aquire residential property, often very successfully. In this episode, we spoke with Mike Keen, a sociology professor who is part of the movement in South Bend, Indiana, and Mary Hall, a journalist who covered the approach.

Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Nina Bohlmann.

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The City Owned by Locals, Reasons to be Cheerful

Incremental Development Alliance website

Monte Anderson, Incremental development pioneer

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