Ep 06: Financialization with Martine August
UCLA Housing Voice
English - July 21, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsSocial Sciences Science housing affordable housing housing affordability housing supply tenant protections housing research land use research housing policy unaffordable rent rising rent Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the not-too-distant past, most multifamily rental housing was owned by small or midsize landlords. But over the past few decades the share of units owned by large, well-capitalized, shareholder-driven institutions has increased dramatically. What’s driving this change, and what does it mean for housing affordability and household stability? Martine August of the University of Waterloo joins us to talk about the “financialization” of rental housing in Canada, which is on a similar trajectory to many U.S. housing markets.