Beth Shinn discusses the Family Options Study, which found that long-term housing subsidies, like housing vouchers, led to much better outcomes for families experiencing homelessness — and at similar cost — compared to rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and “usual care.”
Vehicular homelessness — people living in cars, trucks, and RVs — is a large and growing problem, but also a hidden one. Madeline Brozen shares her research on this understudied population.
New research from the Lewis Center compares approval timelines for discretionary and by-right projects, and we discuss the consequences of slow and uncertain approval processes for housing production, affordability, and public trust.
How does the neighborhood you live in affect your health? Craig Pollack, MD, joins to discuss how better housing policy can lead to improved public health.
The modern mortgage wouldn’t exist without the backing of the federal government, but how and why was it created? We discuss its surprising history and the strange bedfellows — farmers and bankers — who fought for it.
In our first episode on housing policy in Africa, we talk with Singumbe Muyeba about how secure tenure and quality, affordable housing impacted physical and mental health for residents of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
New research clarifies cause and effect: Condos don't cause gentrification; gentrifying neighborhoods cause condos.
