Charles L. Marohn, Jr.

Housing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress. This is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. In Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between...

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains...

Discover insider secrets of how America’s transportation system is designed, funded, and built – and how to make it work for your community. In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns, Charles L. Marohn Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America’s transportation system. He lays bare the reasons...