9 episodes
Housing For All Outrageous Mechanisms
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- Society & Culture
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.
And that was before the pandemic.
In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.
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Wrapping Up
Over the course of this show we’ve talked about so many programs and it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Let’s try to see the big picture — If all housing is subsidized by the public, then all housing should be required to serve the public
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Episode 4: Once More With Feeling, We ALL Live in Public Housing
Last time we explored the reasons that homeowners live in public housing, today we’ll be wrapping things up by looking how some of the same ideas impact renters
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Episode 3, Part 2: We All Live in Public Housing
Picking up from part 1, we’re going to take a look deeper into how the US government makes it possible for banks to make loans that no reasonable person would ever consider.
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Episode 3, Part 1: American History
We’ve wrapped up our international tour and now we’re gonna spend some time examining some issues close to home. In this episode, we’ll be focusing on the American housing system, looking at how -- and why -- the federal government subsidizes homeownership
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Episode 2, Part 2: Austria, Sweden, and Rent Control 101
We’re picking up where we left off last with a look at Austria and Sweden, and along the way we’ll take a brief detour to look at the basics of rent control.
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Episode 2, Part 1: Insurmountable Odds?
Solving America’s housing issues may seem impossible, but other countries have found solutions to problems far worse than ours. This time around we’ll be taking a look at a few of those.
Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information