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Episodes · 12 months
25
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Feb 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 2 of 3,584, 2 of 3,862, 2 of 4,115, 7 of 4,226, 2 of 4,731, 3 of 4,438, 3 of 4,230, 4 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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30
+17 via 15 narrower
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32
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Where they standLast discussed
4mo ago
Jul 14, 2026
via US Housing Policy
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp19 people
58%
42%
- Prioritize direct government regulation11 people · 58%
- Facilitate market-driven housing…8 people · 42%
Prioritize direct government regulation
The housing crisis requires strong government intervention through rent controls, eviction protections, and public sector investment.
11 people · 10 episodes
The city should implement a rent freeze for all rent-stabilized tenants to improve affordability.
“The first freezing the rent for every rent stabilized tenant.”
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder · Dec 2025 · 3 episodes · 2.4M views on this topic
Hasan believes that mass corporate ownership of housing leads to negative outcomes for renters by stripping away humanity.
“The more we move towards mass mega ownership, you really do get into situations where you have Wall Street pressures that end up screwing renters. Weer says the humanity is immediately stripped out.”
HasanAbi · May 2026 · 6 episodes · 1.6M views on this topic
Ritchie TorresUnrated
He considers the improvement of public housing conditions and the protection of safety net programs to be his primary mandate in Congress.
“It's to make government work for the Bronx um to protect critical programs like Medicaid, SNAP, Medicare, Social Security.”
The Adam Friedland Show · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 793K views on this topicFacilitate market-driven housing…
Housing affordability is best achieved by reducing restrictive zoning, lowering taxes, and incentivizing new private construction.
8 people · 6 episodes
Ryan Serhant argues that government intervention should focus on incentivizing new development through rezoning and tax credits rather than just focusing on rent control measures.
“What draws prices down, which is what he should do, is incentivize building, rezoning, create more housing, make a ton of it more affordable.”
The Iced Coffee Hour · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 510K views on this topicKM
Government regulations like rent control often increase expenses and cap income, causing capital to flee to more favorable markets.
“when you cap your ability to profit from the market rent and then you are exposed to the property tax increases and the other things. So the government can essentially increase your expenses and they can also cap your income.”
The Iced Coffee Hour · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 498K views on this topic
Dave Rubin argues against government-funded housing initiatives, claiming that lower taxes and deregulation are more effective ways to address housing needs through market competition.
“If you cared about affordable housing, if you wanted people to live in buildings that were better structurally and and engineered in a better way and more green and everything else, you would create economic conditions via lower regulation and lower taxes.”
The Rubin Report · May 2026 · 2 episodes · 400K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Aug 2022