Upzoned

2 Towns, 2 Responses to the Housing Crisis. Which Will Succeed?


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Littleton, Colorado, wants to ban everything other than single-family homes. The neighboring town of Lakewood wants to allow more housing variety. Norm and Abby dive into what's driving these radically different responses to the housing crisis and what happens when cities try to exempt themselves from change.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES
  • Two Denver Suburbs Take Different Paths as Residents Face Housing Crunch: We Can Manage It, but Just Barely.” by John Aguilar, The Denver Post (October 2025).
  • Abby Newsham
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    • X/Twitter
    • Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn)
    • Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.
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