Higher density housing - often referred to as "compact housing" - addresses two significant problems facing American cities and suburbs today: sprawl and the escalating cost of housing and its impact on affordability.

In this 10-lecture series, community development expert Tom Jones discusses how to overcome these problems by demystifying the term "density" and by demonstrating the advantages of well-designed compact housing.

The lectures are accompanied by a comprehensive set of powerpoint slides - housed in our Resource Library - that you can download and use to create your own presentations. Together, the lecturers and the powerpoints create a powerful advocacy tool that any stakeholder in the community development process can use to argue persuasively for the value and benefits of higher density affordable housing.