The Zag: Episode 260 w/ Shane Phillips

From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates over the appropriate course of action have been defined by two poles: building more housing or enacting stronger tenant protections. These options are often treated as mutually exclusive, with support for one implying opposition to the other. Shane Phillips, 2017 NLC LA alum, believes that effectively tackling the housing crisis requires that cities support both tenant protections and housing abundance. He offers readers of his new book, The Affordable City, more than 50 policy recommendations, beginning with a set of principles and general recommendations that should apply to all housing policy. Tune in to hear more and then go order the book at www.islandpress.org