EPISODE · Apr 2, 2024 · 34 MIN
Don’t Blame Capitalism For The Housing Crisis
from Slate Debates
On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: housing the nation. We have an affordable housing problem — and an affordability problem, period, but that’s another show. When we talk about solutions to homelessness and cost burden for renters and homeowners alike, many progressives lean toward government intervention… because capitalism seems to have failed us. But has it, really? Or is for-profit development the surprising answer to affordable housing?Jon McMillan of TF Cornerstone – and author of a chapter in Housing The Nation – joins us.If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected] production by Maura Currie.You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus! Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: housing the nation. We have an affordable housing problem — and an affordability problem, period, but that’s another show. When we talk about solutions to homelessness and cost burden for renters and homeowners alike, many progressives lean toward government intervention… because capitalism seems to have failed us. But has it, really? Or is for-profit development the surprising answer to affordable housing?Jon McMillan of TF Cornerstone – and author of a chapter in Housing The Nation – joins us.If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected] production by Maura Currie.You can skip all the ads in Hear Me Out by joining Slate Plus! Sign up now at slate.com/hearmeoutplus for just $15 a month for your first three months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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