<p>Rafael and Kirk kick off season 5 with Alec Schierenbeck, executive director of the NYC Charter Revision Commission to give voters a primer on the major housing measures on the ballot this Election Day.</p>

Rafael and Kirk kick off season 5 with Alec Schierenbeck, executive director of the NYC Charter Revision Commission to give voters a primer on the major housing measures on the ballot this Election Day.

S5 E1. NYC BALLOT MEASURES EXPLAINED

From the days of the Koch administration to Mayor Adams stepping into City Hall, New York City has spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to solve the city’s housing problem. Yet from sky-high rents to crumbling public housing to rising rates of homelessness, the problem persists.

Join housing experts Rafael Cestero and Kirk Goodrich, as they look at how New York City’s housing problem has evolved during their combined 60 years in the industry and wrangle with the most daunting challenges still ahead.

Business

From the days of the Koch administration to Mayor Adams stepping into City Hall, New York City has spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to solve the city’s housing problem. Yet from sky-high rents to crumbling public housing to rising rates of homelessness, the problem persists. Join housing experts Rafael Cestero and Kirk Goodrich, as they look at how New York City’s housing problem has evolved during their combined 60 years in the industry and wrangle with the most daunting challenges still ahead.

Share S5 E1. NYC BALLOT MEASURES EXPLAINED

Sign up to save your podcasts

S5 E1. NYC BALLOT MEASURES EXPLAINED

S5 E1. NYC BALLOT MEASURES EXPLAINED

More shows like THE HOUSING PROBLEM

This American Life

Planet Money

Hidden Brain

The Moth

The Brian Lehrer Show

Code Switch

Pod Save America

The Daily

Up First from NPR

Ear Hustle

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Throughline

Hard Fork

The Ezra Klein Show

Plain English with Derek Thompson