S8 Ep. 1: Lola Milholland on the Housing Crisis and Communal Living

fiction/non/fiction

As the housing crisis worsens and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris makes lowering housing prices a key part of her agenda, nonfiction writer Lola Milholland joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her experience with communal living. With traditional single-family homes economically out of reach for many Americans, Milholland talks about the social and financial benefits of living with others, including shared cooking and meals. She cautions that living with roommates will not solve the housing crisis and talks about the need for widespread and systemic change. She reads from her book, Group Living and Other Recipes.

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This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf.

Lola Milholland

• Group Living and Other Recipes
• Umi Organic
• Living With Roommates Is Sorely Underrated |TIME
• Can a $9 Lunch Cure Loneliness? | Oprah Daily

Others:

• Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7, Episode 33: “Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory”
• Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7, Episode 29: “Jen Silverman on Generational Divides in American Politics”
• Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7, Episode 52: “Myriam J.A. Chancy on Haitian American Communities”
• Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard
• Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard: “Home Prices Far Outpace Incomes”
• The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World by Lewis Hyde

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