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What if we build houses on federal land?

Jan 30, 2025
45:43

To build affordable housing you need land — and the federal government has an ample supply. Michael Albertus, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the plusses and minuses of an idea that’s been floated in many administrations: selling federal lands to cities and developers to address the affordable housing crisis. His article “The U.S. Government Is Sitting on a Possible Solution to the Housing Crisis” was published by Bloomberg.

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