Every August, the city of Madison has a big housing turnover, with many downtown leases starting on the 15th. This makes for hectic and crowded move-in/move-out days, to say the least, and raises a host of questions about why renting in Madison is so hard—and what it would take to fix it.

Today, host Carousel Bayrd talks about a variety of tenant–landlord issues, including improvements to the city’s rent abatement program, with David “Rosebud” Sparer.

David “Rosebud” Sparer is a housing attorney and chair of the City of Madison’s Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee.

Cover photo: An apartment high rise in downtown Madison by Jordan Richmond, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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