Is Gen Z to blame for next housing crisis?

[Anonymous]

New Home Construction can’t keep up with demand due to lack of workers raising prices of homes due to high labor costs.

Builders claim Gen Z does not want to join trades, go to vocational schools or do hard physical work in general.

There is no next generation to build homes if Gen Z does not step up.

In 10 years will Gen Z be complaining they can’t afford homes ?

[Anonymous]

Put the migrants to work. They are clamoring to work and feed their families. Give them work authorization.

[Anonymous]

Or let the Amish continue to undercut.

[Anonymous]

Not Gen Z fault. They’ve been told their entire life that they need to go to college. And that vocational trades are a way to success. It’s our fault for not emphasizing vocational trades.

[Anonymous]

It's always the Boomers' fault!

[Anonymous]

So your idea is that Gen Z (age 11 to 26 right now) not working in construction to build homes they could never afford on construction wages ... is the reason housing has been unaffordable for years? Ok.

Maybe older generations should stop owning second and third homes they AirBnB. Or stop opposing remote work, so people can move to places with lower housing demand and lower COL.

[Anonymous]

Stop looking at twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So your idea is that Gen Z (age 11 to 26 right now) not working in construction to build homes they could never afford on construction wages ... is the reason housing has been unaffordable for years? Ok.

Maybe older generations should stop owning second and third homes they AirBnB. Or stop opposing remote work, so people can move to places with lower housing demand and lower COL.

Starting at 14 you enter a vocational themed HS. 18-26 should be a large part of staff building homes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New Home Construction can’t keep up with demand due to lack of workers raising prices of homes due to high labor costs.

Builders claim Gen Z does not want to join trades, go to vocational schools or do hard physical work in general.

There is no next generation to build homes if Gen Z does not step up.

In 10 years will Gen Z be complaining they can’t afford homes ?

And which trade do you work in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New Home Construction can’t keep up with demand due to lack of workers raising prices of homes due to high labor costs.

Builders claim Gen Z does not want to join trades, go to vocational schools or do hard physical work in general.

There is no next generation to build homes if Gen Z does not step up.

In 10 years will Gen Z be complaining they can’t afford homes ?

And which trade do you work in?

And which trade are you encouraging your kids to go into?

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would it be a childs fault? JFC everyone wants to blame someone else.

"Builders claim" more like builders are greedy MFers who keep jacking the prices up.

[Anonymous]

What? Why?
Why is it anyone’s fault?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So your idea is that Gen Z (age 11 to 26 right now) not working in construction to build homes they could never afford on construction wages ... is the reason housing has been unaffordable for years? Ok.

Maybe older generations should stop owning second and third homes they AirBnB. Or stop opposing remote work, so people can move to places with lower housing demand and lower COL.

Starting at 14 you enter a vocational themed HS. 18-26 should be a large part of staff building homes

Neat dystopia. What happens when they turn 26 (or get injured) but don't have other skills because you pulled them out of HS to do this?

Take a construction job yourself if you think it's such an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put the migrants to work. They are clamoring to work and feed their families. Give them work authorization.

Agreed. There is a certain segment of the population that both hates on illegal immigrants taking away jobs but also refuses to do hard work.

[Anonymous]

I’ve talked to many tradespeople who say they can’t get reliable assistants or apprentices. That young people aren’t interested or are too sloppy. OTOH I’ve also heard that entry level trades positions don’t pay enough to live on, and that unions actively limit apprenticeships in order to jack up wages for their older members. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.