Can We Build Our Way Out of the Housing Crisis?

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Owning a home is the cornerstone of the American dream, but an affordability crisis is making it a distant fantasy for many. The presidential candidates are taking notice. Sonja Trauss is a key activist in the YIMBY movement (“Yes in My Backyard”), and says the solution is pretty simple: Build more homes. Getting that done isn’t so easy. Audie sits down with Trauss in Southern California — ground zero for the housing shortage — to talk about the origins of the problem and potential solutions. Watch a version of our conversation here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.6	This is the assignment, episode five on the housing crisis with Sonya Trouse. Take one.
1:13.3	The debate over just how to deal with the housing shortage in this country has finally reached the level of presidential politics.
1:16.3	Part of my plan is to work with home builders in the private sector, to create tax incentives,
1:21.8	to build by the end of my first term, 3 million more housing units.
1:25.8	We have a lot of Americans that need homes.
1:27.8	We should be kicking out illegal immigrants who are competing for those homes,
1:31.3	and we should be building more homes for the American citizens who deserve to be here.
1:35.3	But the way they talk about this is a lot different from the old NIMBY fights.
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