Why ‘affordability’ is every politicians’ nightmare: The anger that gets you elected and refuses to go away

fortune.com/2025/11/16/why-affordability-is-different-from-inflation-housing-real-estate-politics

Consider a riddle: What is the thing that sounds like inflation but isn’t, and is in fact nearly impossible to disprove with data showing inflation has cooled? It’s “affordability,” the Bête noire of incumbent politicians and the emerging political buzzword of 2025—and potentially far…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-11-16 10:02:00.
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