Brendan O'Brien
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About the Author About the Book Tour Housing Resources Articles and Interviews Contact

Articles

Ongoing

New Substack posts weekly

November 2, 2023

"Housing Booms Benefit Just a Few While Communities Struggle" (excerpt adapted from book) - NextCity

September 12, 2023

"A Summary of Homesick"

September 9, 2023

"Big Real Estate Says Regulations Caused Housing Crisis, But They Wrote The Rules" - Truthout

May 11, 2021

"When Boom Towns Become Ghost Towns in the New West" - Tourism Geographic

Interviews

February 22, 2024

"Running Rampant: How Short-Term Rentals Affect Communities with Loose Restrictions" with Roshan Abraham

December 19, 2023

Interview on Iowa Public Radio's River to River (begins at 18 minutes) with Ben Kieffer

October 11, 2023

Housing interview on NPR Siouxland (begins at 21 minutes) with Mary Hartnett

October 10, 2023

"'Homesick' Author to join Shelter WF Housing Discussion"

Mike Kordenbrock

September 26, 2023

"A new book explores the housing affordability crisis"

Ed Tibbetts

July 18, 2023

Homesick interview on New Books Network Public Policy podcast

General Writing

Check out my Substack for life observations, fictional short stories, and writings about housing and current events of all kinds