Why YOU should be a YIMBY: Episode 88

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Today, we're discussing that one problem that is kind of causing all of the other ones: housing. Why is there so little of it, why is that so bad, and how can we fix it? All this, after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: Caltrain releases electric trains service schedule
  2. [2] YIMBY Action
  3. [3] Zillow: The U.S. is now short 4.5 million homes as the housing deficit grows
  4. [4] NPR: Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S.
  5. [5] PBS News: People with disabilities face extra hurdles amid national housing shortage
  6. [6] The White House: Exclusionary Zoning: Its Effect on Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market
  7. [7] Governing: The Troubling Connection Between Zoning and Racism
  8. [8] American Planning Association: What Is Zoning Reform and Why Do We Need It?
  9. [9] American Planning Association: Housing Scarcity Is Worse Than Ever
  10. [10] Austin Monitor: Austin apartments boomed and rents went down. Now, some builders are dismantling the cranes.
  11. [11] KUT Radio: Rents in the Austin area have been falling for a year
  12. [12] Brown Political Review: The Way Out of the Housing Crisis: How Minneapolis Stabilized Rents
  13. [13] The New Zealand Initiative: Kiwi minister shows the world how to solve housing crisis
  14. [14] Apartment List: Average Rent in Salt Lake City, UT & Rent Price Trends
  15. [15] USAFacts: Home prices are rising faster than wages
  16. [16] Habitat for Humanity Williamson-Maury: The Causes & Complications of the Housing Crisis
  17. [17] The New York Times: The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped
  18. [18] Incorpo.ro: Is BlackRock Really Buying All the Houses?
  19. [19] San Francisco Examiner: How Black San Francisco has dwindled since Harlem West days
  20. [20] Cathy McMorris Rodgers: McMorris Rodgers Introduces Bill to Expand Affordable Housing in Transit-Served Communities