Inequality, not regulation, is driving the housing affordability crisis
These days conversations about housing are too often focused on zoning rules. But recent studies show the lack of affordability has more to do with income inequality than inadequate supply. As wealth concentrates at the top, housing prices follow, making housing more unaffordable for the rest of us.
Check out my recent article in Shelterforce, where I break down the latest research on inequality and housing costs, and what it means for housing justice:
Plus, join us and the California Center for Movement Legal Services for an online lunchtime talk on Wednesday, March 25, 2025, 12noon – 1pm.
We’ll be hosting Max Buchholz, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley and co-author of the paper “Inequality, not regulation, drives America’s housing affordability crisis” for a lively conversation about how these new findings tie into an alternative framework for the affordability crisis, rooted in inequality.