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Homeownership dreams foiled by a 'perfect storm'

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 15, 2022

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Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at UW-Madison, explains how numerous factors have combined to make the housing market increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin.

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