With the way the property market is right now, the prices of houses in major cities will become more and more unaffordable for the middle-class American. But the farther away you go from the city the cheaper properties get. With the help of government improving infrastructure the common citizen might be able to afford housing while working in the city.
There was once a time in history that people needed to live a few blocks from the workplace in order to have a proper job, but with the access to public transportation and private vehicles the middle class was able to move to places farther away from the city, these places are now known as the suburbs. It was only later in the 20th century were we able to do this, with cars becoming available to the public, and the United States being nicknamed “the land of the automobile”, people were able to live farther and farther away from their workplace, which was often the city.
With how things are now, housing is becoming more and more expensive in the city and the suburbs surrounding it, it might be necessary for developers to start new housing developments in areas farther outside the city, while at the same working with the government or other private institutions to create infrastructure, such as modern public transportation, which could allow home owners fast and easy access to the city, though this will be an incredibly expensive project, and needs to be studied even further.
While this idea is not very polished, with how the prices of homes are becoming too expensive for the majority of the country’s population, it is only by studying and pursuing new ideas can we solve our housing problem today. Unless the properties get cheaper, there is probably no other way.
