Rents and home prices keep going up in American cities, squeezing and pricing out many middle and lower income households.  Our guest Dave thinks one of the main reasons is that cities make it very hard to build new and denser forms of housing through their zoning codes, specifically by only allowing single-family detached homes in most areas.  Joe and Jake preside as co-hosts.  Part 1 of 2. 

Note: there are some audio quality issues in this episode.  Please be patient through those spots.