FURTHER READING
The Conversation on Mansionization
Articles discussing the trend towards living large.
Science Daily: Downsizing the McMansion: Study gauges a sustainable size for future homes [3/5/2020]
VOA: Why American Houses Keep Getting Bigger [11/6/2019]
Leader-Telegram: Survey: Millennials increasingly wary to buy big houses [10/19/2019]
The Guam Daily Post: More house than you need: A path to financial problems [10/19/2019]
Business Insider: The suburban mansion may be losing its spot as part of the American Dream, and it highlights just how different millennials' and baby boomers' worlds are [8/20/2019]
Business Insider: A Nobel Prize-winning economist and Yale professor explains why buying a big house is a waste of money [6/24/2019]
Fox News: Paul Batura: Big families bring more happiness than big houses [6/16/2019]
Today: Living in a bigger house won't make you happier [6/14/2019]
The Times: American homeowners find size isn’t necessarily everything [6/13/2019]
The Atlantic: Are McMansions Making People Any Happier? [6/11/2019]
Town and Country Magazine: David Adjaye's Message to Architects: Stop Building McMansions [3/26/2019]
The Wall Street Journal: A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses [3/21/2019]
CNN Business: Suburban McMansions are out. Ritzy, remote ranches are in [2/8/2019]
The Outline: Rich People Are To Blame For The Rise Of Lyme Disease [9/24/2018]
ArchDaily: The case for a smaller house: Talking clients out of the big house they want to build [6/16/2018]
Bloomberg: Smaller households, bigger houses, smaller lots [6/11/2018]
Law360: McDonald’s aims to block ‘McMansions’ TM [6/1/2018]
Fast Company: The hidden cost of our obsession with luxury living [5/16/2018]
Trulia: The incredible shrinking yard! [10/18/2017]
CBS News: 10 "McModerns" that are taking over from McMansions [9/18/2017]
The Washington Post: An online housing giant picked a fight with a one-woman blog. And lost. [6/29/2017]
The Washington Post: The ultimate symbol of the pre-recession boom is back [6/26/2017]
The Bellingham Herald: Why we love to hate McMansions, but still buy them [1/23/2017]
CityLab: America’s increasingly large homes are making us less energy efficient [11/15/2016]
Slate: The literal hell of McMansions: The suburban monstrosities fit in a long American tradition of unnatural, ill-constructed, haunted houses. [10/3/2016]
Realtor.com: Bigger isn't better: How a large home could ruin your life [6/13/2016]
City Watch: Why We Hate McMansions: Counting the Reasons [2/18/2016]
Vox: US homes have gotten huge — offsetting the gains from energy efficiency [11/10/2015]
Pew Research Center: As American homes get bigger, energy efficiency gains are wiped out [11/9/2015]
Archaeology and Material Culture: Spacious vulgarity: The aesthetics and morals of McMansions [9/10/2014]
Life Edited: Study Confirms that Big Houses Have Big Energy Needs [2/13/2014]
The Atlantic: Will the McMansion ever die? [6/5/2013]
The Wall Street Journal: Living very large [2/10/2012]
Gawker: Huge Houses are Morally Wrong [2/10/2012]
The New York Times: The next little thing? [9/10/2008]
The Atlantic: The next slum? [3/1/2008]
PlannersWeb.com: McMansions and the geometry of zoning [4/15/2007]
NPR: A legal backlash against oversized 'McMansions' [3/6/2006]
GreenBiz: Small is beautiful: U.S. house size, resource use, and the environment [7/12/2005]
The New York Times: McMansions or bash-and-builds, some towns have had enough [5/8/2005]
McMansionHell.com: a blog about McMansions
The Affordable Housing Crisis
Articles discussing affordable housing.
City Commentary: Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable
HuffPost: America's housing crisis is spreading to smaller cities
Sonoma Valley Sun: We are the housing crisis
Nestegg: Examine negative gearing, McMansions to address Sydney housing challenge: AECOM
GlobeSt.com: Boomtowns need more affordable housing
Baltimore Brew: Affordable housing advocates launch charter amendment drive
Arizona Daily Sun: Council approves $25 million affordable housing bond for November ballot
Geek Wire: Blokable aims to solve housing affordability crisis with ‘housing development as a service’ model
The Bay State Banner: City shares creative housing ideas with mayors nationwide
DC.gov: Mayor Bowser announces $103 million investment in affordable housing
Curbed Los Angeles: Can L.A. build its way out of its housing crisis?
The Globe and Mail: Dramatic revisions to city’s housing plan sparks controversy in Vancouver
Las Vegas Review-Journal: The tension between affordable housing and environmentalism
New Geography: Housing affordability from Vancouver to Sydney to Toronto: Time to do what works
WSAV3: What are we going to do about Beaufort County's affordable housing crisis?
The Daily Courier: Yavapai County renters make less than needed to pay for housing
NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune: New Orleans' affordable housing problem is bigger than Airbnb
HuffPost: America’s housing crisis is a ticking time bomb
MarketWatch: The housing we want for America is still out of reach
The Mercury News: Study: lack of housing means more traffic, not less
CBS News: For cities with a housing shortage, a modest—and cheap—remedy
KATU: City leaders, advocates kick off campaign to support affordable housing
SPUR: What we talk about when we talk about affordable housing: A primer
The Orange County Register: Rising costs threaten millions with ‘housing instability,’ Harvard report says
The Conversation: Overcrowded housing looms as a challenge for our cities
KRCR News: City of Redding taking action on more affordable housing
The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press: As East End faces an affordable housing shortage, there's a call for YIMBY
The Hill: Getting serious about housing affordability
CBS Denver: Telluride puts affordable housing tax issue before voters
It’s Not Just About House Size
Preserving a sense of place.
Sag Harbor, New York: East End effort pops up to counter "not in my backyard" mindset
Bar Harbor, Maine: Cruise ships have made Bar Harbor popular. But have they ruined It?
Beacon, New York: Development in Beacon: What next?
Beacon, New York: Brief moratorium makes sense for Beacon
Barcelona, Spain: Why Barcelona locals really hate tourists
Hamptons, New York: Trophy lawns destroyed this Hamptons pond with poison
Cohasset, Massachusetts: Smith Place condo proposal is too much
Concord, Massachusetts: Concord, MA to be first U.S. town to ban bottled water
Woodstock, Vermont: Vermont town in Budweiser Clydesdale ad fights to save its charm