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Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Episode: Can the Feds Lower Your Rent?
Description: Housing prices have skyrocketed, from the usual hot spots in New York and San Francisco, out to the until-recently-affordable places like Boise, Idaho and Charlotte, North Carolina. Sen. Brian Schatz proposed an $85 million program to entice cities and suburbs to enact “fair housing policies,” but is that enough to address a nationwide problem? Guest: Henry Grabar, Slate writer and author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefit...