CNN Business, June 16, 2021, Too many Americans can’t afford homes. But there is a solution
The basic American contract is that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to purchase a home and provide a comfortable living for your family. But this contract has long been broken for far too many people.
Working families in every American city and town — particularly millennials and African American and Hispanic individuals and families — are denied one of the most effective ways to create equity and achieve stability that an affordable single-family home provides. This problem has been even further exacerbated as housing and lumber prices have soared in recent months.
