In this episode of Everybody Gets Pie, we are joined by Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and former Domestic Policy Advisor to President Joe Biden. Neera reflects candidly on her time in public service, the lessons of the Biden administration, and why Democrats must be ruthless about solving real problems, and especially on housing and affordability.

We cover:
•⁠ ⁠How housing location shapes life outcomes
•⁠ ⁠The tension between inclusionary zoning and housing supply
•⁠ ⁠Why renters didn’t feel relief fast enough
•⁠ ⁠Lessons from serving inside the Biden White House
•⁠ ⁠Why permitting reform stalled for housing and clean energy
•⁠ ⁠Supply vs. intervention—and why both matter
•⁠ ⁠Why “bad answers” often beat “no answers” in politics

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America is short 2 million homes. Zoning reform alone won’t fix it.

In this episode of Everybody Gets Pie, we break down a new national plan to build 2 million homes in just five years, why housing costs keep rising even where we build more, and what it will actually take to make homes affordable again.

We cover:
•⁠ ⁠Why the median first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old
•⁠ ⁠Why housing supply collapsed after 2008 and never recovered
•⁠ ⁠Why zoning reform is necessary but not sufficient
•⁠ ⁠How federal incentives, rent relief, and factory-built housing could speed construction
•⁠ ⁠Why demand-side fixes like 50-year mortgages miss the point
•⁠ ⁠What renters, homeowners, and policymakers are getting wrong about falling prices

Featuring an in-depth conversation with Michael Negrone (Center for American Progress) on the Build, Baby, Build housing plan and what real abundance would require.

Housing affordability is now a top concern across the political spectrum. Can we fix it in time, or is the American dream slipping away?

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Why do cities agree we need more housing and then fight every building that gets proposed?

In this episode of Everybody Gets Pie, we talk with Adam Jentleson, founder of the Searchlight Institute, about a housing idea that sounds radical and might actually work. What if residents got paid when their city built more homes?

Searchlight’s proposal would send direct checks to people living in cities that hit ambitious housing production targets. Not tax cuts. Not vague economic benefits. Real money in your pocket, explicitly tied to new housing getting built.

We dig into:

• Why people support affordable housing in theory but oppose it in their own neighborhood
• The fears driving NIMBY politics, including traffic, crime, and neighborhood change
• Why public education and messaging usually fail on housing
• How a “growth dividend” could reduce opposition without turning everyone into a housing activist
• Why policy design matters more than better slogans
• What Social Security and stimulus checks teach us about durable policy
• The real risks, including gaming the system and inflation

If you have ever wondered why housing fights feel impossible or what it would actually take to make building homes politically popular, this conversation is for you.

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