Luke Vargas

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95 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

Luke Vargas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · The Housing Crisis: Your Biggest Questions, Answered · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

Craig, if I wanted to end on a positive note, I guess I should have asked you a different question, huh?

I think that's right.

We can't change reality, but I appreciate you bringing us so many insights and responding to our listener questions.

I hope everyone else is as well.

Craig Carman is the Wall Street Journal's Real Estate Bureau Chief.

Craig, appreciate you.

Thank you so much.

And that's it for this special episode of Your Money Briefing.

This episode was produced by Hattie Moyer with sound design by Michael LaValle.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas.

To round out our housing coverage, tune in on Sunday for a special USA 250 episode on the state of the American housing dream.

That's Sunday in our WSJ What's News podcast feed.

Until then, thanks for listening and so long.

WSJ Your Money Briefing · How a Parking Lot Fight Explains America's Housing Shortage · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

California has said yes to building more homes. matched

Several estimates put its housing shortfall at or above 2.5 million units, and state lawmakers have passed bills to help get projects approved, especially if they're near public transit. matched

But not far from Menlo Park Station, where express trains whisk commuters to San Francisco in just 40 minutes, it's clear that the state's YIMBY movement still has plenty of work to do. matched

For years, this leafy suburb home to Mehta has been trying to build 345 housing units for what are deemed very low-income households. matched

For a family of four, that's an annual salary of between $60,000 and $93,000 a year. matched

And where they'd be built is over three downtown parking lots. matched

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