HUD targets construction costs as inventory gap persists

by Jessi Healey

HUD has published recommendations urging state and local governments to reduce regulatory barriers to housing construction. But independent analyses from Zillow and Realtor.com identify mortgage rate lock-in, stretched consumer budgets and tariff-driven volatility as supply constraints that the report does not address.

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