{"id":75355,"date":"2022-11-04T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=75355"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:58:00","slug":"midterm-election-housing-survey-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/midterm-election-housing-survey-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Redfin Survey: Housing Affordability Is On Voters\u2019 Minds As They Head to the Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High mortgage rates, persistently high home prices, inflation, considering crime and LGBTQ protections in deciding where to live: Those are some of the housing-related issues on Americans\u2019 minds as they head to the polls for 2022\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/11\/02\/us\/elections-midterms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closely watched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> midterm elections. That\u2019s according to an October Redfin survey of 2,000 U.S. residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With monthly mortgage payments at a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-update-pending-home-sales-record-decline\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">record high<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/13\/heres-the-inflation-breakdown-for-september-2022-in-one-chart.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inflation persisting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Americans care about housing affordability, as fewer than half say their financial situation has improved over the last few years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/housing-affordability-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/financial-situations-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>When deciding where to live, Americans are giving outsized weight to affordability, crime &amp; safety and local abortion laws\u2013all issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_100322\/\">crucial<\/a> to this year\u2019s midterms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordability-and-crime-1-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only-1536x751.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prefer-to-or-will-only-2048x1001.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-migration-trends-q3-2022\/\">record share<\/a> of homebuyers are moving from one metro area to another as many Americans have the flexibility to work remotely and expensive places get more expensive. Many relocators are sorting themselves into areas where they agree with local politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/political-views-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Concerns about housing affordability goes beyond the individual level: Most Americans support policies to keep housing affordable and roughly one-third support dense housing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/affordable-policies-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2148\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing.png 2148w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing-1536x572.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dense-housing-2048x763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2148px) 100vw, 2148px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High mortgage rates, persistently high home prices, inflation, considering crime and LGBTQ protections in deciding where to live: Those are some of the housing-related issues on Americans\u2019 minds as they head to the polls for 2022\u2019s closely watched midterm elections. That\u2019s according to an October Redfin survey of 2,000 U.S. residents. 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