Opinion
The Case for Democrats to Go All-In on Housing
Housing is the highest-leverage issue nobody is running on. That is a mistake.
By Maya Fischer · · 5 min read
Rent is the number one line item in most young voters' budgets. Home prices are the number one wealth-transfer conversation in most families.
Democrats have a supply story to tell — YIMBY zoning reform, permitting speed, public-land development — and they're barely telling it.
The party that owns the housing issue in 2028 wins the future.