Could New Ways of Building Make Housing More Affordable?
About this episode
The episode discusses innovative construction methods that could help alleviate the housing shortage in America.
America needs more homes, but labor shortages and rising construction costs are making them harder to build. What's News host Luke Vargas talks to WSJ housing reporter Nicole Friedman about whether factory-built housing, modular construction and other innovations could ease the housing shortage. Listen to all episodes in our series on ideas for fixing the housing crisis.
People in this episode
Host: Luke Vargas
Guest: Nicole Friedman
Topics covered
- housing affordability
- construction innovation
- factory-built housing
- modular construction
- housing shortage
Keywords
- housing crisis
- construction costs
- labor shortages
- modular homes
- factory-built housing
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Organizations: The Wall Street Journal
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