Bad Ways To Improve Housing Affordability

Cato Daily Podcast by Cato Institute

Aug 13, 202642:52News & Politics

Nearly 60% of housing markets in the United States have been characterized as “unaffordable.” Cato's Ryan Bourne talks with Howard Husock of the American Enterprise Institute about why rent freezes, vouchers, and governm...

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