{
  "id": 17234821,
  "title": "The U.S. is in a battle to lower the costs to build housing, but it’s losing—as factors including the Iran war and tariffs fuel rising expenses for home builders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/the-u-s-is-in-a-battle-to-lower-the-costs-to-build-housing-but-its",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T14:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
    "slug": "wsj-economy",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/just-about-every-part-of-building-a-house-is-getting-more-expensive-d0f5ebcb?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Iran war, tariffs and the AI build-out have pushed up the costs of materials, labor and borrowing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}