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 How can America fix its housing shortage?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we ask what it would take for the country to build more homes

Suburban housing, Houston, United States

America doesn’t have enough homes. The “yes in my backyard”, or YIMBY, movement believes that making it easier to build is the best solution. To what extent would building more help solve America’s housing problem?


John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Daniel Knowles. They’re joined by YIMBY activist Sonja Trauss and law professor Michael Allan Wolf. The Economist’s Stevie Hertz reports from New York.

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