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Priced Out: Santa Barbara's housing crisis
To understand Santa Barbara's current housing situation, you just need to look at the numbers: the median home price is around $1 million, the rental market is 99.5 percent full, and there's a 10-year waiting list for public housing.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 1h 0m ListenTo understand Santa Barbara's current housing situation, you just need to look at the numbers: the median home price is around $1 million, the rental market is 99.5 percent full, and there's a 10-year waiting list for public housing.
Led by KCRW's Jonathan Bastian in front of a live audience at the Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara, four local housing experts discuss how we got here, who's most affected and where the city should go from here.
