American families are being wrecked by two parallel shortages: housing and childcare. And increasingly, experts say these two crises are feeding each other.
The U.S. is short roughly 4 million homes, according to an analysis published by Realtor.com in early March. That’s led to “sustained home price growth and pushing homeownership further out of reach, particularly for younger households,” Realtor.com economists Hannah Jones and Danielle Hale wrote.
