Housing policy is back on the national agenda

for the first time in decades.

Thanks to a perceived crisis of affordability

and the efforts of some major presidential contenders

like Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren.

But do these ideas really solve the problem

and what exactly is the housing problem anyway?

I sat down with Jenny Schatz to help me dive into the weeds,

talk about how to understand the housing crisis

and the potential solutions,

we talked about everything,

rent control, the subsidies, zoning reform.

So check it out, I think you're gonna like.

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Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds

and the Box Media Podcast Network.

I'm Matthew Glacias, and in here today,

I'm here with Jenny Schatz,

who is a David Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

I'm really excited to have her with us.

Number one request, I think, that I got from listeners out there

when I asked what other topics we should try to tackle

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