Who’s Responsible for the Housing Crisis?

The Atlantic (podcast), Sept. 3, 2024–Jerusalem Demsas
Americans love local government. In a December 2023 Pew Research Center survey, 61 percent of respondents had a favorable view of their local government, whereas 77 percent had an unfavorable view of the federal government.

But behind this veneer of goodwill is a disturbing truth: Local government is driving a housing crisis that is raising rents, lowering economic mobility and productivity and negatively impacting wages.
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