How to Fix the Housing Crisis with Brian Hanlon

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The housing crisis seems like one of the most intractable problems threatening America. But slowly and surely, we’re solving it, and you can be a part of the solution. President of California YIMBY, Brian Hanlon, joins Adam to explain how his group is building a movement for fair housing, how to organize for your rights as a renter, and the two pieces of legislation that could dramatically expand housing in California. Check out welcomingneighbors.us to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:30.2	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover.
0:32.9	Thank you so much for joining me once again
0:35.2	as we continue our series on how we can address
0:38.3	our greatest challenges and how you, yes you,
0:41.5	can pitch in and help out.
0:43.1	This is the fuck hopelessness series.
0:45.5	We are giving you actionable ways
0:47.8	that you can help solve our greatest problems.
0:50.1	And this week, we're gonna talk about one
0:51.7	of the biggest problems in America, housing.
0:54.3	Now, we've covered it time and time again on this show.
0:56.7	The housing crisis is very bad all across America.
1:00.8	In recent years, nearly half of American renters
1:03.9	are cost burdened, meaning they spend
1:06.1	more than 30% of their income on rent.
1:09.2	And this is worse for low income renters,
1:11.2	but more and more middle income renters
1:13.1	are getting squeezed as well.
1:14.7	And this is not just a problem
1:16.2	in the largest metro areas like the Bay Area, LA,
1:19.1	or New York.
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