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Jul 2020
37m 37s

The Housing Advocate's Pandemic Prescrip...

WG Film
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The Filmmaker and the Advocate discuss the global pandemic and its direct and undeniable relationship to housing. Not only did the pandemic lay bare the global housing crisis, it has provided a once in a generation opportunity to solve it. Fredrik and Leilani discuss some of the creative new laws and policies being enacted by city governments to address home ... Show More
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