Fortune · Sunday, February 8, 2026
Housing affordability crisis: Higher earners drive home prices, not lack of supply, researchers say - Fortune
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Rather than a lack of supply, housing affordability "may primarily be about differences in income growth at the top of the distribution relative to the middle."
Economists, lawmakers, and Wall Street have long preached the need to increase housing supply to improve affordability, but it may not be that straightforward.According to a recent note written by UC… [+3039 chars]