Trump housing policy is a mess and it won’t fix the US housing crisis - short news
Deregulation alone can’t make homes affordable when rising inequality, not zoning, is what is driving prices up
Donald Trump has an interesting view of how housing plays in US politics. “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes,” he said at a recent cabinet meeting. Unaffordable housing may be front and center of the “affordability crisis” pissing off voters. Still, he insists: “We’re not going to..
source: The Guardian - 07.02.2026