Real Estate Red Flag: How hidden blue-state policies are pricing out homeowners
New Zillow and Thumbtack analysis reveals home maintenance costs average $15,679 annually, rising 4.7% faster than inflation and household incomes at 3.8%.
Howard Husock is the author of "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing" (NYU Press, 2025) and of "The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It" (Encounter Books). He is a senior fellow in domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2013-17.