Kamala Harris’ plans to fix the housing crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris says she has a raft of ideas to fix America’s housing crisis, including a proposed $25,000 grant for first-time homebuyers. Are her housing proposals feasible?

Jerusalem Demsas, staff writer at The Atlantic. Author of the new book “On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy,” a collection of her Atlantic reporting on the causes of the housing crisis.

Kevin Erdmann, senior affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Runs the Substack the Erdmann Housing Tracker. Author of “Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy."

Beth Bourdon, Assistant public defender in the major crimes division of the Orange/Osceola Public Defender’s Office in Orlando, Florida. She purchased her home with help from Florida’s Hometown Heroes program.

Karen Martin, 911 operator in Pasco County, Florida. She also purchased a home in Lakeland, Florida with assistance from the state’s Hometown Heroes program.

Ken Johnson, Christie Kirkland Walker Chair in Real Estate at the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration.