Housing For All

Over the course of this show we’ve talked about so many programs and it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Let’s try to see the big picture — If all housing is subsidized by the public, then all housing should be required to serve the public

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

ALSO, if you’re looking for some more HFA content, check out this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOtz2F-eQI

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

Last time we explored the reasons that homeowners live in public housing, today we’ll be wrapping things up by looking how some of the same ideas impact renters

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

Picking up from part 1, we’re going to take a look deeper into how the US government makes it possible for banks to make loans that no reasonable person would ever consider.

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

We’ve wrapped up our international tour and now we’re gonna spend some time examining some issues close to home. In this episode, we’ll be focusing on the American housing system, looking at how -- and why -- the federal government subsidizes homeownership

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

We’re picking up where we left off last with a look at Austria and Sweden, and along the way we’ll take a brief detour to look at the basics of rent control.

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

Solving America’s housing issues may seem impossible, but other countries have found solutions to problems far worse than ours. This time around we’ll be taking a look at a few of those.

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

In part 2 of our first episode, we’re going to see what we might learn form how Norway and Singapore approached their housing issues.

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, by David Dayen - bookshop.org

Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America, by Charles H Ferguson - bookshop.org

The series Landlord Games - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

In our first episode we’ll be laying the foundation for what’s ahead by looking at how some of the major issues that plague the American housing system.

Don’t forget to check out housing4.us for more information

Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, by David Dayen - bookshop.org

Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America, by Charles H Ferguson - bookshop.org

The series Landlord Games - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.

900,000 people were evicted in 2016, 18 million Americans spend more than half of their income on housing, and home ownership rates are lower than they've been in half a century.

And that was before the pandemic.

In this limited series, we'll take a deep dive into the problems impacting housing in America, look at how other countries have solved them, and examine the surprising truth that in some way or another, we all live in public housing.