Housing affordability crisis
Discussed in 7 analyzed podcast episodes across 9 shows
# Housing Affordability Crisis This collection explores multiple dimensions of America's housing accessibility challenge, spanning innovative marketplace solutions like PadSplit's room-rental platform, preservation of subsidized affordable housing in overlooked regions, and structural economic factors including stagnant wage growth relative to housing costs. The episodes reveal that affordability concerns are reshaping demographic voting patterns and consumer behavior—from seniors seeking roommates to younger, lower-income voters expressing dissatisfaction with government handling of the economy—while experts debate whether the core problem stems from insufficient supply or insufficient income.
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Episodes
NPR News Now · Apr 3, 2026
NPR News: 04-03-2026 6PM EDT
TBPN · Feb 19, 2026
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American Potential · Feb 19, 2026
50 Stars, 50 Stories: Oregon, Massachusetts & Arizona with Ross Connolly and Stephen Shadegg
Optimist Economy · Feb 10, 2026
We Don't Have a Housing Shortage. We Have a Paycheck Shortage.

ImpactAlpha Podcasts · Feb 3, 2026
Preserving and improving affordable housing in overlooked places with Brian Murray and Alison Carey

The Daily · Jan 30, 2026
Trump 2.0: The President’s Affordability Problem
Wake Up to Wealth · Jan 2, 2026
Revolutionizing Real Estate: The Rise of PadSplit with Atticus LeBlanc

Giving Done Right · Dec 2, 2025
Ezra Klein on Philanthropy’s Role at a Precarious Time
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Nov 7, 2025