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The Housing Crisis Is a Lie—but the Prices Aren’t
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- Aug 19, 2026
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Summary
Text the show! The prices are real. The shortage is real. The explanation Americans keep hearing is the lie. Government is simultaneously trying to protect the value of existing homes and make those same homes affordable. Those goals cannot both succeed—but admitting that would require politicians to choose between current homeowners and the people still trying to become homeowners. So they perform a magic trick instead. Chad examines nearly $460 billion in federal spending, California’s mil...