The Hill, February, 9, 2024, Even In This Election Year, America Must Not Lose Focus On Affordable Housing
Each week, another headline touts a cause of the housing crisis — high mortgage rates, the increasing cost of labor and construction, wages that have not kept up with inflation — the list goes on.Â
All these reasons and more add up to millions of households spending more than half of their income on housing. This is unsustainable and demands immediate action. The challenge with such a multi-faceted problem is that each of these issues must be addressed, and there is no single solution.Â
