Want affordable housing? Get government out of the way

A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 89 percent of adults under 40 say it’s harder for young adults today to buy a home than it was for their parents’ generation.

The reasons for this are varied and complex, but a significant share of the blame lies with the government itself.

A new report by the Hern Policy Institute, “Burdens & Buyers: A Comparison of State Burdens on Homeownership,”…