Capital in crisis: COVID-19 reveals US housing nightmare

The Grayzone

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Will Merrifield, a candidate for Washington DC City Council At-Large, about the plight of the US homeless population amid the outbreak of COVID-19. As a former attorney with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Merrifield explains how government policy is responsible for the current housing crisis and describes the concept of "social housing", a possible solution to the problem.