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Zoning laws are locking working families out of the American Dream - Velshi - MS NOW
America’s housing crisis isn’t just about rising prices, it’s about shrinking mobility. Local zoning ordinances have made it difficult to build affordable homes in high-opportunity areas, effectively locking working families out.
The result is a more divided country segregated by income, and often by race. Real solutions have to start at the local level: reforming zoning, and democratizing who gets a say in shaping the communities Americans live in. - Aired on 03/22/2026.