When more housing becomes a hard sell

The U.S. agrees it needs more homes, but fights over where and how reveal deeper conflicts about growth and change.

Density reforms can win in city hall, but they can be a harder sell at the ballot box. (Photo via Getty Images)

The White House now estimates that the United States is short roughly 10 million homes due to a long slowdown in homebuilding after 2008 and continued population and income growth. Prices have risen 82 percent since 2000, far outpacing income g…