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Three Crises. One Solution. The Future of American Housing.

By Kincaid  ·  Kincaid for Congress, Washington's 1st District There is a saying that is often attributed to Albert Einstein,   "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." America is currently facing three converging crises  a housing crisis, a climate and energy crisis, and an emerging electricity demand crisis that most Americans have not yet fully grasped. Washington D.C. has been treating each one as a separate problem, throwing money at symptoms rather than addressing root causes. This campaign believes these three crises are connected  and that solving one intelligently can help solve the others. That requires a different kind of thinking. Not the kind Washington D.C. has been doing. Crisis One: Housing America does not have enough housing. What housing exists is too expensive, too slow to build, and as anyone who has watched a neighborhood burn in California or flood in Florida knows  not durable enough to withstand what the fu...