Who Killed the Starter Home? (Episode 16)
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🏠 Who Killed the Starter Home?
In the 1970s, a modest three-bedroom house was an attainable path to family life—not a luxury. So what changed?
In this episode of The Roger Retrospective, we trace the history from the New Deal mortgage and GI Bill to Levittown, Co-op City, zoning, supersized homes, Wall Street’s mortgage machine and the 2008 crash.
How did the country that pioneered mass homeownership make the starter home so unaffordable?
The answer may point back to something America once built remarkably well: a small, simple, affordable place to start.
🎙️ The Roger Retrospective — Today’s world, through the lens of history.