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

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/upzoned-515359/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/upzoned-515359/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed.md
Podcast: [Upzoned](https://stenobird.com/podcast/upzoned-515359)
Published: 2025-10-15T10:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed/
Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aj4cbifmvtmggccz/UPZ_10_15-25.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/upzoned-515359/episodes/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed
Duration seconds: 2841

## Resource

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 Painting Instagram X/Twitter Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom. This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/upzoned-515359/episodes/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/upzoned-515359/2-towns-2-responses-to-the-housing-crisis-which-will-succeed.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.