In this episode of IAF Continued Conversations, Arpita Nepal and Rainer Heufers talk with Sam Bowman—editor at Works in Progress and Head of Publishing at Stripe—about what housing has to do with everything from economic growth to climate change, fertility rates, and even innovation.

Bowman explains why cities that build more homes thrive, why restrictions on housing development worsen inequality, and how proximity drives creativity and productivity. Drawing on global examples from Tokyo to London to San Francisco, the conversation explores political and economic roadblocks—and how we might begin to overcome them.