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Professor of urban planning Kate Nelischer answers your questions about real estate and the US housing crisis from Twitter. Why are homes so expensive? How is AirBnB affecting the housing market? Why can’t millennials afford a home? Answers to these questions and many more await—it’s Housing Support.

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Disclaimer: The graph shown at 0:18 depicts income data adjusted for inflation, while the rental price is not. Rental prices are still outpacing income growth, though the increase of rental prices since 1985 is not 100% when adjusted for inflation.

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Louville Moore; Louis Lalire
Expert: Dr. Kate Nelischer
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production and Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Roberto Herrera
Sound Mixer: Brett Van Deusen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

00:00 Housing Support
00:11 Why does rent increase yearly?
01:08 Is there a housing emergency?
01:46 Why are houses so expensive?
02:33 Abandoned buildings used for affordable housing?
03:52 Modular housing
04:46 Oceanfront property value
04:58 What is red lining?
06:22 Is gentrification all bad?
07:30 AirBnB
08:13 Why can’t millennials afford a home?
09:09 Leading cause of homelessness
09:50 Unhoused people in Los Angeles
10:58 Why are corporations buying up houses?
11:53 Low volume of homes on the market
12:54 What country has country figured out?
13:49 Squatters Rights
14:32 Where is it affordable to live?
15:21 Tiny houses
15:52 What will bring house prices down?

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