Another affordability rant

Dave said he came across a post of someone on IG posting a picture of someone living in the 50s with a headline along the lines of “wish we could go back to this”

Dave said back then, houses were 800 sq ft and people had 1 car. He said no one would want to live in those today. They were cheaply built houses and unreliable cars.

Again, he said your 80k truck, 200 k student loan, and credit card debt are why you can’t afford a house.

What makes my head explode is that Dave believes that it’s always been this way and that poor to low middle class people have never been able to buy a home.

I live in Houston, Tx. 15 years ago there were new 65-80k homes being built and they were being purchase by people making $12-15 an hour.

That ratio of hourly wage to house price is gone.