Who Killed the Starter Home?
https://starterhomepodcast.podbean.com
Have you seen any starter homes for sale lately? Neither have we. In this podcast, we speak with experts and try to figure out why this humble first home is going extinct. We’ll be exploring if it is the politicians, wielding zoning laws like a murder weapon who killed the starter home? Or maybe the scaredy-cat planners and designers? Or the developers, armed with cookie-cutter plans and corporate indifference? Is it our convoluted tax policy that subsidies homeownership, but puts every tax penalty in the way of creation of the starter homes. Spoiler alert: it’s probably a little of everything. We’ll be peeling back the layers of bureaucracy, bad faith, and bad planning, with stops along the way for affordable housing scandals, ADU success stories, and a passionate plea for building code updates. Join us for a conversation that’s part policy deep-dive, part therapy session for frustrated builders, and entirely a love letter to cities that deserve better.
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Frequent Guests
| Guest | Appearances | Hours | Most Recent |
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| Aaron Holm | 1 | 2025-06-19 | |
| Aaron Lubeck | 1 | 2025-02-02 | |
| Adrian Mapp | 1 | 2026-04-23 | |
| Alain Bertaud | 1 | 2025-12-25 | |
| Alex Margulis | 1 | 2025-11-13 | |
| Andrew Mikula | 1 | 2026-01-22 | |
| Anthony Mattacchione | 1 | 2025-11-20 | |
| Benjamin Schneider | 1 | 2025-12-04 | |
| Brad Cohen | 1 | 2026-04-10 | |
| Bryan Caplan | 1 | 2025-10-23 | |
| Burhan Azeem | 1 | 2025-05-01 | |
| Carrie Shores Diller | 1 | 2025-10-30 | |
| Casey Anderson | 1 | 2026-01-08 | |
| Christian Calderon | 1 | 2025-05-15 | |
| Christopher Cowton | 1 | 2025-07-25 | |
| Daryl Fairweather | 1 | 2025-05-29 | |
| Deb Tantleff | 1 | 2025-02-20 | |
| Desmond Dunn | 1 | 2025-09-18 | |
| Edie Weintraub | 1 | 2025-09-25 | |
| Edward Erfurt | 1 | 2025-02-27 | |
| Elijah Dixon | 1 | 2026-02-26 | |
| Elmer Moore, Jr. | 1 | 2025-12-11 | |
| Gregg Colburn | 1 | 2026-01-29 | |
| Iziah Thompson | 1 | 2025-04-24 | |
| Jacob Anbinder | 1 | 2025-03-13 | |
| Jacquelyn Suárez | 1 | 2025-07-10 | |
| Jay Vaingankar | 1 | 2026-02-19 | |
| John Hatch | 1 | 2025-08-15 | |
| Joshua Wilton | 1 | 2025-03-28 | |
| Judge Joe Small | 1 | 2025-07-17 | |
| Katie Brennan | 1 | 2025-04-10 | |
| Kevin Moore | 1 | 2025-10-16 | |
| Kol Peterson | 1 | 2025-06-26 | |
| Kyle Little | 1 | 2026-03-05 | |
| Leon Rainbow | 1 | 2025-08-28 | |
| Luca Gattoni-Celli | 1 | 2026-01-15 | |
| Mark Elsdon | 1 | 2025-11-27 | |
| Matthew Kaplan | 1 | 2025-05-08 | |
| Matt Mleczko | 1 | 2025-04-17 | |
| Mike Anderson | 1 | 2026-05-07 | |
| Mike Hathorne | 1 | 2025-12-18 | |
| Natali Fani-Gonzalez | 1 | 2025-06-05 | |
| Ned Resnikoff | 1 | 2025-11-06 | |
| Peter Dennehy | 1 | 2025-04-04 | |
| Randy Shaw | 1 | 2025-03-06 | |
| Raphael Kay | 1 | 2025-11-20 | |
| Rashi Kesarwani | 1 | 2025-09-04 | |
| Raymond Heck | 1 | 2026-04-16 | |
| Ricardo Flores | 1 | 2026-05-14 | |
| Richard Kahlenberg | 1 | 2025-03-21 | |
| Roland Pott | 1 | 2025-08-01 | |
| Ryan Fecteau | 1 | 2025-10-09 | |
| Salim Furth | 1 | 2025-09-11 | |
| Sam Wang | 1 | 2026-03-26 | |
| Sean Jackson | 1 | 2025-08-07 | |
| Seth Zeren | 1 | 2025-10-02 | |
| Shaheed Morris | 1 | 2025-08-21 | |
| Shanel Robinson | 1 | 2026-03-19 | |
| Shane Phillips | 1 | 2025-06-12 | |
| Silvia Del Fava | 1 | 2026-05-21 | |
| Skip Schenker | 1 | 2025-07-03 | |
| Squire Servance | 1 | 2026-04-02 | |
| Sue Altman | 1 | 2026-03-12 | |
| Sujit Singh | 1 | 2026-04-30 | |
| Taizo Yamamoto | 1 | 2026-01-01 | |
| Teresa Goldstein | 1 | 2026-02-12 | |
| Yoni Appelbaum | 1 | 2026-02-05 |
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