In this episode, I talk with Alicia Pederson, founder of Courtyard Urbanist, about why multifamily housing in most American cities is so unappealing to middle class families with children. Instead of charming brownstones or garden apartments, we get massive complexes ringed by parking lots that feel like a Holiday Inn. In many cases, this is the predictable product of dumb city regulations.

A Chicago mother of three, Alicia has made it her goal in life to bring "courtyard-block housing" to more North American.