AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE by Tony Bertoldi, published by ForbesBooks, profiles "Why Affordable Housing Is Good Policy, Good Business, and Good for America." Bertoldi has decades of experience in the industry and currently serves as Co-president at CREA, LLC, a national LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) syndication company. His passion for this topic clearly comes through and although it is a relatively dry subject, he does a good job of explaining the situation and proposing future action which he argues "benefits everyone in American society." It is interesting to read AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE alongside articles like Lucy Tompkin's piece in today’s (1/8/24) New York Times about Community First! Village, a housing option for formerly homeless people in Austin, Texas. Basic facts about affordable housing are also found in the Pew Research report from September, 2022 and in a lengthy report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies from Harvard University. As he addresses this complex and controversial topic, Bertoldi quotes both Pew and Harvard and includes detailed references at the end of each chapter in this well-researched text.

Relevant links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/headway/homelessness-tiny-home-austin.html
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/03/23/key-facts-about-housing-affordability-in-the-u-s/
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/reports/files/Harvard_JCHS_State_Nations_Housing_2022.pdf

I enjoyed this easy, informative read.
It breaks down affordable housing into easy to understand terms. As well as giving concrete examples of how affordable housing benefits all of us.
I liked the diagrams for further review.