Our Neighbors Are Hurting: The Housing Crisis Crushing American Families and Communities

Friends, we need to talk about something serious, something that’s hitting close to home for so many people. We’re in the middle of a housing crisis, and it’s not just some abstract economic problem—it’s tearing at the fabric of our communities and hurting real families.

Here are the hard facts that show us the depth of this problem:

• Since 2000, new home construction has barely kept pace with population growth, a sharp decline from the post-war era when we built homes at twice the rate of population increase.
• This scarcity, coupled with increasing demand, has pushed housing prices so high that average wages can no longer keep up, making homeownership a distant dream for many working families.
• Overly complex regulations and zoning rules add close to $94,000 to the cost of building a new home, effectively pricing millions of everyday Americans out of the market before construction even begins.

This isn’t just about numbers; it’s about the impossible choices families are forced to make every single day. It’s about young couples struggling to find a stable place to raise their kids, it’s about our senior citizens on fixed incomes worried about losing their homes, and it’s about the heartbreaking reality of more people living on our streets. This isn’t happening in some far-off place; it’s in our own backyards, affecting the very neighbors we pass every day. As Christians, we’re called to care for the “least of these,” and right now, the “least of these” include those crushed by these housing costs. We simply cannot ignore this crisis any longer. It’s a moral failure if we stand by and do nothing.

This story was analyzed for Christ P2P. You can read the original reporting here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-can-solve-housing-crisis-he-needs-get-tough-states