This episode explores two policy approaches to lowering rents: reviving boarding houses and single room occupancy units, a once-popular affordable housing model that nearly disappeared; and the curious effect of corporate landlords, which studies suggest may actually reduce rents even as they drive up purchase prices. The episode also discusses the Trump administration's proposal to restrict corporate home ownership.
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The Lost Housing Solution: Boarding Houses and SROs
Boarding houses and single room occupancy units were once a widespread form of affordable urban housing that kept rents low, but they all but disappeared.
Large corporate landlords entering a market tend to raise home purchase prices as they buy up properties, but studies show they also lower rents in those areas.