Exclusive: most renters surveyed by Harris Poll say the areas they live in have become so unaffordable they are ‘barely livable’

Exclusive: most renters surveyed by Harris Poll say the areas they live in have become so unaffordable they are ‘barely livable’

The poll, conducted by the Harris Poll Thought Leadership and Future Practice, asked survey takers to identify themselves as renters or homeowners, along with other demographic information. Those polled were asked their opinion on home ownership in the United States. For many, especially renters, the outlook is bleak.

Though the vast majority of renters polled said they want to own a home in the future, 61% said they are worried they will never be able to. A similar percentage believe no matter how hard they work, they’ll never be able to afford a home.

“When you think about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and housing is right at that foundational level of security, the implications on consumer psyche when things feel so unaffordable is something that will impact everyone,” said Libby Rodney, chief strategy officer at Harris Poll. The American dream of owning a home “is looking more like a daydream for renters”.

  • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
    171·
    7 months ago

    Weirdly, the other half of millenials that do own homes weren’t asked at all, I guess they won’t have any useful input on how affordable homes are

    This article is about how affordable homes are right now. The fact that I was able to purchase a home in 2019 is irrelevant because I’d be talking about market conditions that haven’t existed for several years.

      • AlDente@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        Is that really all you said in your original comment? Mods are getting worse than Reddit around here. I can’t believe they removed that just because they didn’t agree.

        • pixxelkick@lemmy.world
          22·
          7 months ago

          This lemmy in particular had been pretty rife with propaganda and factually falsified so I think I’m prolly just gonna block it soon.

          People modding news related lemmies tend to have very specific biases one way or the other, and it’s common to ban people that don’t repeat the echo chamber.

          I consider myself fairly liberal, but I also can do the math and tell when I’m being fed bullshit.

          The constant deluge of “no one can afford anything” news is, imo, propaganda to disperse discontent.

          The reality is that very specific clusters of areas don’t have enough housing built and it’s fucking prices up, combined with a lack of government intervention on a small handful of greedy individuals.

          I mostly just assume people that claim “there’s nothing in my city affordable” are racist/picky and discarding tonnes of viable homes because they don’t wanna live in those communities, so those houses don’t count.