The Housing Affordability Crisis: the Contributing Factors

Wells Fargo recently committed $1 billion by 2025 to help solve the nation’s housing affordability challenges. In this special series, Wells Fargo brings together problem solvers to discuss the housing affordability crisis in America — and how to bring about systemic change.

In Episode 2: Contributing Factors, housing affordability experts discuss how the crisis happened and "one of the most confounding aspects” of the U.S. economic recovery from the Great Recession.

Watch the full video series at Wells Fargo Stories (https://stories.wf.com/americas-housing-affordability-problem), featuring Marc H. Morial, President of the National Urben League; Cerita Battles, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Keith Fairey, Enterprise Community Partners; Wells Fargo Senior Economist, Mark Vitner; and Vince Toye, Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investments.