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Part One: Why is the Rent So Damn High?

Behind the Bastards

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Do We Have a Housing Shortage?

The US has roughly 330 million people living in roughly 141 million homes or about 0.42 homes per person. According to the OECD, we rank second from last among housing affordability for low income tenants. The evidence that like we're short on housing is weaker than the evidence that prices and housing are being jacked up and inflated.

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