The US Housing Crisis Today

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the history of highly successful government-built and-operated housing launched in 1918, the gains won by UAW workers in the first contract at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN, and the story of the three-year strike by the Newspaper Guild against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was finally won—only for the paper’s owners to shut it down. The second half features an interview with Rob Robinson about housing, affordability, and homelessness in the U.S. today. Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government policies. The post The US Housing Crisis Today appeared first on KPFA.

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This episode was published on Mar 13, 2026.

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