<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class= "ui-provider"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt; Stat:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/02/28/most-in-the-u-s-say-young-adults-today-face-more-challenges-than-their-parents-generation-in-some-key-areas"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"&gt;70%:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt; The share of Americans who think young adults today have a harder time than their parents’ generation when it comes to buying a home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class= "ui-provider"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt; Story:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ui-provider"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ui-provider"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt;Putting a roof over their heads is a struggle for many Americans. Rising house prices, restrictive zoning, increasing rents, and a lack of small mortgages are some of the hurdles facing people who want a safe and secure place to call home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class= "ui-provider"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt; In this episode, Alex Horowitz and Tara Roche, directors of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative, join us to discuss some of the challenges—and how to overcome them—for those pursuing homeownership.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

After the Fact

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Housing in America: Pathways to Homeownership

MAR 22, 202417 MIN
After the Fact

Housing in America: Pathways to Homeownership

MAR 22, 202417 MIN

Description

Stat: 70%: The share of Americans who think young adults today have a harder time than their parents’ generation when it comes to buying a home.

Story: Putting a roof over their heads is a struggle for many Americans. Rising house prices, restrictive zoning, increasing rents, and a lack of small mortgages are some of the hurdles facing people who want a safe and secure place to call home.

In this episode, Alex Horowitz and Tara Roche, directors of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ housing policy initiative, join us to discuss some of the challenges—and how to overcome them—for those pursuing homeownership.