Things I’ve learned from trying to get a house approved and built in the Berkeley Hillside.
In others words, develop the legal and bureaucratic knowledge of a licensed lawyer – without actually collecting a lawyer’s high pay grade.
Nga Pham is a newbie home builder in the Bay Area that focuses on market-rate, multi-generational designs. She loves reading about interesting case law.
Market Urbanism is a theory calling for free-market solutions to urban problems. Rooted in classical liberalism, it posits that cities work best through the bottom-up, private sector activity of many individuals, not top-down government plans. In this nifty guide, Scott Beyer describes how these free-market ideas can apply to housing, transport and public administration. You can purchase the book (including one signed by the author) below.