Rental housing economist Jay Parsons welcomes in the former CEO of both Fannie Mae and Berkadia, Hugh Frater, to talk about the politicalization of rental housing. Hugh provides a history lesson on how key policy decisions of the past contributed to the housing affordability challenges of today. Jay and Hugh also talk about why supply is the only lasting solution. Additionally, Jay addresses a common misconception about the impact of new supply in the "Complaints Department" segment, while offering up another edition of Rental Housing Trivia.

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• 0:00 - Introduction
• 0:41 - Market data
• 3:51 - Rental housing trivia
• 4:35 - In the news
• 10:16 - Good question 
• 12:08 - Complaints department
• 14:57 - Rental housing trivia answer 
• 16:37 - Hugh Frater introduction
• 17:34 - Housing policy
• 26:00 - Advice to presidential candidates 
• 34:10 - Role of Fannie and Freddie 
• 37:40 - Vessel technologies
• 42:25 - Outro