The median age of all homebuyers in America today is 56, up from 31 in 1981 and 40 in 2010.

The starter home essentially no longer exists in America’s most popular cities. The starter home of the 21st century will definitely look different than that of the 20th, but we must unleash our cities from the shackles of zoning and over-regulation and let them BUILD!

NEW : In CO & MN, housing reforms died recently despite support. Not by "greedy developers" but municipal governments using their veto power. When each locality can block new housing while claiming to protect "community character," the result isn't democracy; it's paralysis. 🧵

The broad coalition supporting reforms in MN included affordable housing advocates, environmentalists, builders, realtors, and faith groups. Yet it failed because a handful of senators sided with municipal lobbyists. As one lawmaker admitted: "We really brought the bare

Young adult homeownership has declined remarkably since the 70s. This is a problem for family formation: housing affordability is the second most frequently-cited economic concern surrounding having children.

Some Minnesota state legislators like to say that localities are already doing enough on housing affordability, but when someone in Blaine proposes the first ADU in four years of “legal” ADUs — to be rented to a low-income family — it causes a meltdown

Blaine City Council hits pause once they realize their zoning code might allow even a single homeless family to be housed. startribune.com/blaine-homeles…

The next Housing First MN Foundation, Bravo Zulu House, breaks ground today, and Gov. Walz declares today Bravo Zulu House Day

Mayors back Realtor.com's campaign to address the housing crisis The Let America Build campaign advocates for the elimination of regulatory barriers and modernized zoning and permitting laws to speed up or allow housing development.

New newsletter: HOW THE HOUSING MARKET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BECAME A 'TOTAL DISASTER' In 1991, the median age of first-time homebuyers was 28. Now it’s 38. This is the hardest time for young people (defined, generously, up to 40) to buy their first home in modern history. The

Study: Rochester area needs 18,000 homes over the next decade startribune.com/study-rocheste…

How We Can Make Housing Affordable Again The real challenge is how to allow the market to build the millions of new homes needed. wsj.com/opinion/how-we…

Big picture: 2025 is on track to be one of the worst years for home sales in the past 30 years. (it may even turn out to be THE worst). June data came in even weaker than expected today. 3.93 million sales (annualized data) That's down from over 5 million pre-pandemic

"But I’d argue that these decisions, collectively over many decades, drive up housing costs while proliferating segregated neighborhoods and concentrated poverty in our region." startribune.com/blaine-adu-aff…

Cities of Duluth, Rochester, Mankato all need thousands of new homes to meet the demand. startribune.com/study-rocheste… wdio.com/front-page/top… startribune.com/robust-growth-…

#MnCities have spent years telling the #mnleg that they are effectively handling the housing shortage. Yet, when a single additional unit that meets all ordinance requirements is proposed this is what happens. Weak. startribune.com/blaine-homeown…

Minnesota is cited by some as one of the best places to raise a family. But when daycare costs are 50%-100% more than Midwestern peers and total costs from ages 0-5 border on $100k it puts a real stress on working parents wsj.com/personal-finan…