WMC Talks: Rethinking Housing

In this episode of WMC Talks, Soraya Chemaly interviews writer, planning commissioner, and former tenants’ rights attorney Leah Goodridge. Their conversation examines how the media frames America’s housing crisis and how tenants' perspectives are too often missing and explains why housing affordability is central to our elections.

Drawing on her experience representing tenants facing eviction, Leah discusses the power of grassroots tenant organizing, the trauma and community disruption caused by housing instability, and the importance of trusted local journalism. The conversation also explores why housing affordability has become central to elections and public policy, and why meaningful solutions require deeper public investment rather than relying primarily on the private market.