Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. The Trump administration has turned its sites on something called the ...

A steep rise in inflation since 2021 has triggered an affordability crisis, and especially a housing affordability crisis, in the United States. A new poll by The Heartland Institute’s Glenn C.

The very term for the problem seems to imply the solution. The “homeless” need a home—and thus, housing is the answer for homelessness. It’s a logic that has driven a major federal program based on ...

The call is coming from inside the house. For all the talk about the Fed's prolonged challenge to tame the frenzy of the COVID-era housing market, it's the central bank's own headquarters that's ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The recent turmoil around federal behavioral health funding, ...

A cohort of young Millennial and Gen Z politicians have centered their campaigns this year on housing costs, and the divide is more generational than partisan.

This refrain is repeated ad nauseum in homelessness circles. The pronouncement has begun to resemble a religious creed—a ritualistic profession of devotion to prevailing homelessness policy, and true ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Dec 01, 2025, 09:30am EST What seemed like an ideal purchase because of ...

A key aspect of the suddenly trendy "affordability" problem is that young adults are said to be priced out of the housing market. The statistics appear to be compelling. Per the National Association ...