The Home Economics team often encounters media reports about American housing—migration patterns, price changes, deteriorating affordability—that lack empirical support.
Whether due to deadlines, limited expertise, or inconvenient data, these oversights fail readers—especially housing professionals who need accurate information for their work.
Sometimes reporters craft false narratives; more often, they simply present claims without evidence, leaving readers unable to verify what’s true. The data to test these assertions almost always exists—so why not show it?
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