{
  "id": 19878091,
  "title": "US is Struggling to Build Affordable Housing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-is-struggling-to-build-affordable-housing",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-13T22:28:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-13/us-is-struggling-to-build-affordable-housing-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "America’s housing affordability crisis may be about more than high mortgage rates and restrictive zoning. Boston Fed Principal Economist and Policy Advisor Paul Willen says soaring construction costs are making many new housing projects financially unworkable, even after they’ve already won approval. He points to research showing construction productivity has barely improved in decades, even as…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}