In this episode of Who Belongs? we interview Nicole Montojo and Steve Barton, who recently co-authored a new research brief on the housing affordability crisis in California, called "Opening the Door for Rent Control: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting California’s Renters."

Nicole is a housing research analyst at the Haas Institute. She holds a Master's degree in city planning from UC Berkeley.

Steve is a former housing director for the city of Berkeley who holds a PhD in city and regional planning from UC Berkeley.

Find the report, along with a summary, press release, presentation video, and other resources, here: https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/opening-door-rent-control

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