MEHC Recommendations

MEHC Recommended Books

These are books that will deepen understanding on a broad array of affordable housing related topics. If you would like to suggest any additional books, you can contact info@marinmehc.org.

• The Color of Law , by Richard Rothstein- This is a must read for anyone interested in the work of MEHC. Even if you think you know the history of redlining, you will find this book eye-opening and appalling.
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs.
• Evicted – Property and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond.
• The High Cost of Free Parking, by Donald Shoup
• Homelessness is a Housing Problem, by Gregg Colburn, Clayton Page Aldern 
• I Am Applicant, by Matt Smith. Details the experience of a Sausalito resident in getting a permit to remodel his home.
• Paved Paradise – How Parking Explains the World, by Henry Grabar
• Suburban Nation, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck