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The Sticker Shock of Sprawl: Housing/Transportation Tradeoffs in Metro Kansas City

Bruce Katz
Bruce Katz Founding Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab - Drexel University

April 17, 2007

If housing policy is to achieve its full potential, it cannot be crafted and executed in isolation, but rather, it must be shaped in concert with related policies like transportation, land use, economic development, financial services, and even education. In his presentation at the Kansas City Housing Matters Forum, Bruce Katz discusses the fundamental necessity of holistic housing policies for the good of families and communities.