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Blog Post Housing By Kenza Janati , Emma Waters Sep 30, 2024 The U.S. has a housing shortage from years of underbuilding, leading to increasingly unaffordable housing costs. While overall housing construction has not kept up with demand, entry-level or “starter” homes for first-time homebuyers are in especially short supply. Factory-built housing, which includes various construction techniques and products, could help fill the supply gap.
Affordable housing and high-quality child care help working parents maintain employment, support family economic mobility, and strengthen the economy. However, for many low-income families, soaring housing prices and child care costs are putting a strain on their budgets, forcing them to make difficult trade-offs, including whether to leave the workforce entirely to care for their children. The solution could be to combine these services under one roof.
Key Lessons Learned Zoning reform is only one part of the equation. Zoning and land use reform is an essential prerequisite for increasing development, since building more housing is subject to significant legal restrictions in many communities. However, simply improving zoning and land use practices for new construction is often insufficient.
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