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Big Fix: Solutions to the Housing Crisis

Past President of the BIA, Mo Rushdy, joined the latest episode of @WHYY's The Big Fix with Studio 2 hosts Cherri Gregg and Avi Wolfman-Arent to tackle the affordable housing crisis.

Can we build our way out of this? Is it time to toss out the regulations? What role should federal, state, and local governments play and where does private industry fit in?

Mo was joined by Tya Winn, executive director of the Community Design Collaborative, and Yoni Applebaum, deputy executive editor of The Atlantic and author of Stuck. The experts debated potential solutions, from zoning reform and rental vouchers to accessory dwelling units and YIMBYism.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

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