# Why the affordable housing supply has dried up

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up.md
Podcast: [Marketplace Morning Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901)
Published: 2026-06-23T12:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/06/23/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up
Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/morning_report/2026/06/23/mmr_20260623_MMR_Podcast_2_V2_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MMR&awEpisodeId=01KVT61PS7XGGKQ4F10BKMH1RX
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-morning-report-479901/episodes/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up
Duration seconds: 379

## Resource

Last night, the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bill aimed at making it easier to build housing and bring down the cost of both buying and renting. Home prices have jumped about 50% in the past six years, and rents are up nearly 30% nationally. Today, we’ll delve into why it seems impossible to construct new, low-cost housing. Then, we’ll check in on the economy of Northern Ireland 10 years after Brexit. Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter . Marketplace Morning Report is more than a radio show. Check out our original reporting and financial literacy content at marketplace.org — and consider making an investment in our future. Stories featured in this episode: The shortage of affordable housing hits lowest-income households particularly hard 10 years on, what Brexit has meant for Northern Ireland

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-morning-report-479901/episodes/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901/why-the-affordable-housing-supply-has-dried-up.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.