31 episodes
THE HOUSING PROBLEM The Housing Problem
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4.8 • 33 Ratings
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From the days of the Koch administration to Mayor Adams stepping into City Hall, New York City has spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to solve the city’s housing problem. Yet from sky-high rents to crumbling public housing to rising rates of homelessness, the problem persists.
Join housing experts Rafael Cestero and Kirk Goodrich, as they look at how New York City’s housing problem has evolved during their combined 60 years in the industry and wrangle with the most daunting challenges still ahead.
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S3 E12. THP LIVE / SEASON 3 FINALE
Rafael and Kirk get together with the Urban Land Institute NY's Young Leaders Group to discuss the housing deal struck between Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature, recount their own housing journeys, and share some perspective on making it through the housing crisis of the 70s.
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S3 E11. ALICIA GLEN
Rafael and Kirk talk to former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen about the de Blasio administration's housing legacy, the evolution of NYC's housing policy over the last 30 years, and what the Adams administration is getting right/what it's getting wrong. The founder and managing principal of M Squared also discusses the Gateway Project, asylum seekers, and why developers are leaving NYC.
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S3 E10. SECRETARY SHAUN DONOVAN
Rafael and Kirk talk to former HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan about catastrophe as a driver of solutions to the housing problem, touching on Superstorm Sandy, the subprime mortgage crisis, and the decline of public housing. Also, are housing abundance and resilience in conflict or compatible?
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S3 E9. VISHAAN CHAKRABARTI
Rafael and Kirk talk to Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, about supply and demand denialism, the weaponization of Jane Jacobs' legacy, and how to add housing when a city is "full."
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S3 E8. JAMAR ADAMS
Rafael and Kirk talk to NFL safety turned real estate developer Jamar Adams - founder and managing principal of Essence Development - about his journey from the gridiron to the board room and the challenge of breaking into the development world as a person of color. Also, public-private partnerships as a tool for improving public housing, pragmatism vs. purity tests, and cities that are making housing development easier.
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S3 E7. GREGG COLBURN
Rafael and Kirk talk to Gregg Colburn, PhD - author and professor of housing and urban development at the University of Washington - about his book "Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Problems Explain U.S. Patterns," NYC's right to shelter, and why homelessness rates are actually lower where poverty rates are higher.
Customer Reviews
Have more nfp developer reps on
Great podcast but I would recommend having more nfp affordable developers on the podcast. Would be great to have a wider perspective.
Here as a learner ...
A good portion of my job is looking to see how communities solve housing crisis problems.
Important Issue, Familiar Approach
This podcast is fine. Two experienced and knowledgeable insiders who have conversations with other insiders. The discussions focus on practical approaches to address one of the most challenging issues that seems intractable. This podcast is a nice complement to other podcasts that are focused on structural changes to address public housing and affordability.