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Moms 4 Housing, with Dominique Walker, Aaron Glantz and Carroll Fife
Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast
English - January 28, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 295 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A group of homeless and housing insecure mothers made national headlines after occupying a vacant home in West Oakland. On this episode of Gimme Shelter, Matt and Liam discuss why the protest was so successful and interview one of the "moms" in Moms 4 Housing.
First, an Avocado of the Fortnight asks whether unvaccinated Californians should count as a terrorist threat (3:00). Then a brand new segment from intern producer Jakob sparks a breakdown on what Moms 4 Housing wanted and how realistic their goals are (6:30). Finally, interviews with Aaron Glantz, author of the book "Homewreckers" who has reported extensively on investment firms buying California homes (22:00); and Moms 4 Housing's Dominique Walker (37:00) and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment's Carroll Fife (37:00).
Aaron Glantz's book "Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream":
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062869531/homewreckers/
Credits:
Jakob Lazzarro is our producer.
Music for "Jakob asks a normal person question" from https://filmmusic.io
"Envision" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Sponsorship of this podcast provided by The James Irvine Foundation.