American Dream on Hold: The Rising Barriers to Homeownership for Young Adults

Homeownership used to be the on-ramp to the middle-class American Dream. For many young adults, that on-ramp now feels barricaded—by high prices, high mortgage rates, high rents, and student debt. In this episode, Michael Bailey and Dale McConkey trace how the starter-home drought ripples outward, negatively affecting: Wealth-building: Years of renting replace decades of equity, widening generational gaps.Life milestones: Delayed ownership nudges later marriages, fewer or later kids, and less...