In this episode, I interview Brendan Poon, an amazing high school student who interned with us to work on Pasadena's rent control campaign, and also Jill Shook, the co-founding ED of MHCH about Pasadena's rent control campaign and other tenant protection campaigns in Pasadena.

We are very thankful to the Pasadena Tenants Union who led the campaign for Rent Control in Pasadena and feel privileged and honored to have been able to contribute to it and finally to celebrate this amazing victory!

Rent Control Resources

1.       http://jwmason.org/slackwire/considerations-on-rent-control/ (From an economist showing that supply and demand does not work much in housing (compares to minimum wage)

2.       https://shelterforce.org/2018/03/28/rent-control-works/ (counters Stanford study)

3.       https://www.tenantstogether.org/paper-challenges-misguided-stanford-rent-control-study

4.       Zillow principal economist links high rent burden to rising homelessness: https://www.housinghumanright.org/corporate-landlords-excessive-rents-fuel-homelessness-rent-control-will-save-lives/

Dr. Jill Suzanne Shook tells stories of how she got into organizing and advocating for housing justice and how we got inclusionary housing in Pasadena.

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