We may be looking at the housing affordability crisis all wrong. Higher earners are driving home prices, not lack of supply, researchers say
- Posted on February 8, 2026
- By Fortune
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We may be looking at the housing affordability crisis all wrong. Higher earners are driving home prices, not lack of supply, researchers say

Rather than a lack of supply, housing affordability "may primarily be about differences in income growth at the top of the distribution relative to the middle."