Who Killed Affordable Housing?

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Housing has gotten SO expensive — for many of us, buying something seems totally out of reach. And even renting a decent apartment is a struggle these days. Who, or what, is to blame for these high prices? We track down the culprit with urban planner Prof. Nicole Gurran and attorney Prof. Sara Bronin. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsAffordableHousing In this episode, we cover: (00:00) The Crime (03:48) Suspect 1: Greedy developers (07:20) Suspect 2: AirBnB (14:20) Suspect 3: Zoning (24:00) The Twist! This episode was produced by Rose Rimler along with Wendy Zukerman, with help from Joel Werner, R.E. Natowicz, Meryl Horn, and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Bobby Lord. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Emma Munger, and Bobby Lord. Thanks to everyone we reached out to for this episode, including Dr. Yonah Freemark, Prof. Stephen Sheppard, , Prof. Sonia Hirt, Prof. Solly Angel, Dr. Sherry Bokhari, Dr. Salim Furth, Dr. Norbert Michel, Dr. Max Holleran, Prof. Manuel Aalbers, Prof. Kirk McClure, Dr. Kate Pennington, Prof. Joseph Gyourko, Prof. Jessica Trounstine, Jenna Davis, Dr. Jake Wegmann, Prof. Hui Li, Dr. Edward Kung, Dr. David Wachsmuth, Dr. Brian Doucet, Dr. Aradhya Sood, Dr. Stan Oklobdzija, and Dr. Andrew Whittemore. Special thanks to Meg Driscoll, Flora Lichtman and a big thanks to our voice actors: Aliza Rood, Annie Minoff, Chantelle Young, Valentina Powers, Alena Acker, Krystian Zun, and Moo. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, what's your emergency?
0:06.0	We have a situation here!
0:08.0	I can't believe this is happening!
0:10.0	I've lived here my whole life.
0:12.0	I never thought it'd just happen here.
0:14.0	They were a beautiful young couple.
0:16.0	One worked as a nurse.
0:18.0	The other a teacher.
0:20.0	One was vivacious.
0:22.0	The other lit up the room with a smile.
0:25.0	Everything was going to plan.
0:28.0	Until it wasn't.
0:32.0	I never thought this would happen to people like us.
0:38.0	It was clear from the scene that they never stood a chance.
0:42.0	The crime isn't at obvious.
0:44.0	High house prices and high rents.
0:48.0	Making it hard to find anywhere to live.
0:50.0	I can't find any apartments in my price range.
0:54.0	$8,000 for a studio.
0:56.0	Are you kidding me?
0:58.0	And the victim is our hopes and dreams.
1:02.0	During the pandemic, rents went up by almost 20%.
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