{"id":66925,"date":"2019-10-22T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=66925"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:58:35","slug":"support-for-keeping-homes-affordable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/support-for-keeping-homes-affordable\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Homebuyers and Sellers Feel That Rising Home Prices Have Made Their Lives Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly half of respondents said rising home prices over the past decade have made their life worse, while just 16% said rising home prices made their life better.<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n

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As cities across the country grapple with an ongoing housing affordability crisis, solutions in the form of policy proposals have become a topic of local and national debate, with Presidential candidates and community and business leaders on both sides of the political aisle weighing in and debating. In a June survey we commissioned of more than 3,000 U.S. residents who bought or sold a primary residence in the last year, or plan to in the next 12 months, we asked respondents to weigh in on the issue of housing affordability and different types of solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four major findings:<\/span><\/p>\n