{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Business","slug":"this-week-in-business-428702","podcast_index_feed_id":428702,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5ab54c70bb6ddf45527e06b1","website_url":"https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/shows/this-week-in-business/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5ab54c70bb6ddf45527e06b1/1760535758117-37f48431-b8e7-4062-8eaf-c087666780fd.jpeg","author":"Wharton Podcast Network","episode_count":1456,"summary":"Bringing together top leaders, innovators and renowned faculty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania discussing topics that matter to consumers and the business world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T18:17:54.282040+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702"},"episode":{"title":"Can Congress Fix America’s Housing Affordability Crisis?","slug":"can-congress-fix-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis","published_at":"2026-07-08T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/can-congress-fix-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702","url":"https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/this-week-in-business/can-congress-fix-americas-housing-affordability-crisis/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ab54c70bb6ddf45527e06b1/e/6a4d80ecc130c408c2e3f3a3/media.mp3","summary":"A new bipartisan housing bill promises to tackle America’s affordability crisis, but will it actually make housing more accessible? Wharton Professor of Real Estate Ben Keys examines the Road to Housing bill and its potential to address the rising cost of buying and renting a home. He discusses proposals to streamline permitting and environmental reviews, expand manufactured housing and small dollar financing, and support home repairs and local innovation. Keys also explains why limits on corporate homebuyers could have unintended consequences and why funding constraints, tariffs, labor shortages, and high mortgage rates could limit the bill’s near term impact.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A new bipartisan housing bill promises to tackle America’s affordability crisis, but will it actually make housing more accessible? Wharton Professor of R…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":804,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-business-428702/episodes/can-congress-fix-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/can-congress-fix-america-s-housing-affordability-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}