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Nov 13, 2026 26 min

How Did We Create the Housing Crisis?

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Learn more about Eastern Washington University's programs here: https://www.ewu.edu/cahss/political-science-public-policy/urban-regional-planning/The housing crisis: how did we get into this mess? This video looks at the last 100 years of housing policy to try to understand how.Resources on this topic:https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18852/w18852.pdfhttps://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/research/files/harvard_jchs_homeownership_rate_layton_2021.pdfhttps://journals-sagepub-com.calpoly.idm.oclc.org/doi/epdf/10.1177/1538513205278372https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2010/03/18/the-return-of-the-multi-generational-family-household/https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/03/24/the-demographics-of-multigenerational-households/https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/dl-transcript/m00-1_alexander.pdfhttps://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/31/why-do-we-have-30-year-mortgage-anyway/https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18821/w18821.pdfhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDShttps://shelterforce.org/2022/08/08/what-is-the-financialization-of-housing/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02673037.2020.1762847https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rental-housing-unaffordability-how-did-we-get-herehttps://calmatters.org/housing/2024/03/institutional-investors-corporate-landlords/_https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/4/93https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09516298211044852?casa_token=_ETy6ZWc0YMAAAAA:Be2fsf2Y6KPNBb2bIxAaPXe-NzcmaLoHo0dyDOlw9s5Tm9BF3DvQN0RUoRgBwVLD-AFmjw0imnV7gQhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26895803.pdf?casa_token=hxb25C-6iegAAAAA:tVWP2e_FoXhGNTgl7XT4dltFxzpC9Z9VOVBO3MvssvxN5vLAOWGBHzBqXV7MwOV9PWa-yyVQg9ir1qJku_SgctaeAr4gfoIszEsbrb4t_Vrx0nCRwdKQProduced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights.

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