Why Brand New Homes Are Falling Apart | The Deep

About this episode

This episode exposes the issues with new home construction and how it contributes to the housing crisis.

America needs more homes… but what if the ones we’re building are falling apart? In this episode of The Deep, Erika exposes the shocking truth behind new construction, from hidden defects to broken incentives, and why Big Building is making the housing crisis worse. 0:00 Intro: New houses are a disaster 1:40 We need more homes 3:01 Why can’t we build enough houses? 4:58 Why prefab fails 6:13 The death of craftsmanship 7:06 Poor quality materials 8:09 Broken market incentives 10:04 How large builders trap new buyers 12:44 How we solve the crisis Watch The Deep on Zeale: https://zeale.co/podcasts/the-deep

People in this episode

Host: Erika

Topics covered

• housing crisis
• construction defects
• building quality
• market incentives
• craftsmanship

Keywords

• new homes
• construction defects
• housing crisis
• building quality
• market incentives

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