Housing is at the top of everyone’s agenda

New polling, research, investment, and shifting investor behavior all point to housing’s growing influence on voters, markets, states, and lawmakers.

Apartment buildings in San Francisco. (Photo by Ryan McGinnis via Getty Images)

Federal law curbing institutional single-family purchases is already reshaping investor behavior, while some states are moving independently on supply and affordability legislation. Meanwhile, new research suggests the affordability problem may be even worse than previously t…