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How to Solve a Housing Crisis

How to Solve a Housing Crisis

Update: 2024-12-10
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New Zealand was in a major housing crisis. But then the Pacific nation actually took ambitious steps to address it. The researcher Eleanor West recounts the policy wins and political pitfalls of what happened—and what lessons the United States and other countries could learn. 

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How to Solve a Housing Crisis

How to Solve a Housing Crisis

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