Rental housing economist Jay Parsons welcomes in the former CEO of both Fannie Mae and Berkadia, Hugh Frater, to talk about the politicalization of rental housing. Hugh provides a history lesson on how key policy decisions of the past contributed to the housing affordability challenges of today. Jay and Hugh also talk about why supply is the only lasting solution. Additionally, Jay addresses a common misconception about the impact of new supply in the "Complaints Department" segment, while offering up another edition of Rental Housing Trivia.=====================0:00 - Introduction0:41 - Market data3:51 - Rental housing trivia4:35 - In the news10:16 - Good question 12:08 - Complaints department14:57 - Rental housing trivia answer 16:37 - Hugh Frater introduction17:34 - Housing policy26:00 - Advice to presidential candidates 34:10 - Role of Fannie and Freddie 37:40 - Vessel technologies42:25 - Outro

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