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Is a house an investment, or a home?

By Ben Kieffer,

Published December 20, 2023 at 7:00 AM CST

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Iowan's book explores the factors driving up housing costs across the country.

Davenport native Brendan O'Brien explains the different factors driving the crisis impacting towns big and small in his book Homesick: Why Housing is Unaffordable and How We Can Change It.

River to River host Ben Kieffer also talks with Arkansas-based journalist Roby Brock about former governor Asa Hutchinson's bid for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in another installment of our Home State View series.

Guests:

Roby Brock, editor and chief, Talk Business & Politics
Brendan O'Brien, author

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Ben Kieffer

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River

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Samantha McIntosh

Samantha McIntosh is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio. Prior to IPR, Samantha worked as a reporter for radio stations in southeast and west central Iowa under M&H Broadcasting, and before that she was a weekend music host for GO 96.3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Danielle Gehr

Dani Gehr is a producer for River to River and Talk of Iowa. Dani came to Iowa from her hometown in the northwest suburbs of Chicago to attend Iowa State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism, international studies and French. Before coming to IPR, Dani covered local government in Story County for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register.

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Is a house an investment, or a home?

Iowan's book explores the factors driving up housing costs across the country.

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