As inflation continues to climb, construction and labor costs are following closely, exacerbating the housing crisis in the United States. Many households are unable to afford rent or homeownership, pushing consumers to pay well above budget or leave urban areas altogether. This crisis, however, does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is a structural and systemic issue that requires thoughtful collaboration from investors, governments and developers to ease the growing cost of living.
“The outlook for housing is inextricably linked to that of the economy and federal policy,” states Harvard University’s 2025 State of the Nation’s Housing report. As geopolitical tensions, inflation and prices grow, the challenge of achieving homeownership is rising along with it.
According to the report, homebuying is at its lowest level since the 1990s, and high rents have contributed to a sharp increase in homelessness and extreme cost burdens. Newly imposed tariffs on
