Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing
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- Update Date：2025-09-08
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- Author：Andrew Ross
- ISBN：1250804221
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Reviews
Jeni
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Sunbelt Blues focuses on the housing market and contributing factors in Central Florida。 Equal parts narrative and research， this was an easy and interesting read with enough personal stories shared throughout to keep engagement high and enough research to really introduce the reader to all the factors contributing to the struggles in housing in this area。 While sharing the stories of individuals who are tenuously/temporarily homed in motels and "truly homeless" and living in the woods， Ross exp Sunbelt Blues focuses on the housing market and contributing factors in Central Florida。 Equal parts narrative and research， this was an easy and interesting read with enough personal stories shared throughout to keep engagement high and enough research to really introduce the reader to all the factors contributing to the struggles in housing in this area。 While sharing the stories of individuals who are tenuously/temporarily homed in motels and "truly homeless" and living in the woods， Ross explores how exactly we got her - focusing on the lack of services available for those between the $25，000 income level that qualifies for government assistance in housing and the $50，000 income level that is the minimum needed for most housing available in the area。 Ross also addresses the impact of the boom in vacation housing being built over housing for locals working to support the tourism economy and I found this particularly interesting。 While there is no easy answer to the current dilemma in the Orlando area， Ross does explore some solutions that could ease the massive lack of affordable housing in the area through government regulations， increases in pay from the "large players" in the area， and government encouragement for developers to build housing for that key income range。 。。。more
Monica M M
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What do you get when you mix underpaid workers and drastically declining affordable housing market？ Central Florida。 Although I had a vague knowledge of this issue。 "Sunbelt Blues" really opened my eyes on the deep impact， multiple causes and levels to this issue。 This is an issue across the nation but as Central FL is at the top of the nation's unafordabilty list it really highlights our failures in the need for affordable housing for all。 This impacted me personally as I live in Central FL and What do you get when you mix underpaid workers and drastically declining affordable housing market？ Central Florida。 Although I had a vague knowledge of this issue。 "Sunbelt Blues" really opened my eyes on the deep impact， multiple causes and levels to this issue。 This is an issue across the nation but as Central FL is at the top of the nation's unafordabilty list it really highlights our failures in the need for affordable housing for all。 This impacted me personally as I live in Central FL and have seen many friends and family deal with most of the issues discussed in this book。 It not only made me consider our local， state， national government and agency's policies。 But also consider the companies we support that refuse to pay a loving wage to their workers and even offer help to employees on how to file for food stamps and other benefits。 So shameful that you can work full time for a large multi million dollar company but can not afford even low income single room housing。 Very relevant discussion not just of the issues and circumstances of the past decades building up to this but the even current issues of the past year。 I definitely plan to get a physically copy and re-read this one soon。Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for an advanced audiobook for review。 。。。more
Stephanie Carlson
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4 stars**This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review。**A critical look at the affordable housing crisis and its causes， using Osceola County （Florida） as a case study。 On the whole， it’s a successful and persuasive piece about the need to address the lack of available housing for the working-class market and the ways in which both the market and local， state， and national policy have failed to do so。I do wish that it had been either a litt 4 stars**This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review。**A critical look at the affordable housing crisis and its causes， using Osceola County （Florida） as a case study。 On the whole， it’s a successful and persuasive piece about the need to address the lack of available housing for the working-class market and the ways in which both the market and local， state， and national policy have failed to do so。I do wish that it had been either a little more academic or a little more popular-investigative-journalism。 At the moment， it’s floating strangely in-between， and it leaves some conclusions feeling less supported than others。 。。。more
Sara Broad
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