Chad GPT: In the next four years, in our immediate lifetime, you'll begin to see the economic system begin to unravel. It's been blue collar displacement, but white collar people, they're coming for you. You're not safe anymore. They're done. And owning a house is the way that most certainly sent to World War II, the biggest source of family wealth. So, we have to join this fight.
The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has contributed to a homelessness crisis and has forced people to move farther away from urban centers. Inevitably, that increases car travel and emissions. One solution is to increase density in areas where jobs and infrastructure exist to accommodate more people. But some aren’t comfortable with the idea of their neighborhoods growing, and building multi-story apartments in urban cores usually costs more per square foot than one or two-story houses where land is cheaper. So how do we address both the need for affordable housing and the climate crisis?
Guests:
Scott Wiener, California State Senator
Jennifer Hernandez, Partner, Holland & Knight
Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Vice Mayor
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