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More than half a million people are homeless today. As winter approaches, shelters in New York City and Los Angeles are now past capacity. In New York, people in those shelters are starting to be evicted. And as rents across the country continue to soar, the number of people living without adequate shelter will continue to grow. What can we do to solve our housing crisis? Mary Cunningham, the Vice President of Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy at the Urban Institute, joins us to share the best strategies to get more people into homes.
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