Housing Boom For Whom? Plus, 'Ziwe' Premieres

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The housing market is booming— but who actually benefits? Sam talks to Jerusalem Demsas, politics and policy fellow for Vox, about what so many are getting wrong about housing. Plus, Sam revisits his 2020 conversation with Ziwe Fumudoh, whose comedy variety show Ziwe premieres on Showtime on May 9. Then, in honor of NPR's 50th anniversary, Sam plays "Who Said That?" with All Things Considered hosts Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:02.8	On today's show, it's a housing boom.
0:06.2	But for whom?
0:07.7	All right, let's start the show.
0:11.8	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:14.3	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:15.7	And this week, we are talking housing.
0:18.4	Seems everywhere you look and listen and read.
0:21.2	There are stories about just how hot,
0:23.5	just how booming our current housing market is.
0:26.5	It is a seller's market.
0:28.1	There are big changes like low mortgage rates
0:30.0	and remote working, creating a thriving housing market.
0:33.4	Is this a housing bubble?
0:37.1	And if so, when will it burst?
0:39.6	But for people who want to buy a home
0:41.3	and are getting priced out, or for renters,
0:44.3	it's a whole different story.
0:46.1	Turns out millions of Americans are
0:48.2	close to eviction or foreclosure right now.
0:51.3	By some measures, about one in four renters
0:54.1	have missed at least one rent payment since last March.
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