Housing Reform Should Include Prevailing Wage Standards

We can make real progress by incorporating prevailing wage standards into state housing reforms.

Housing prices have soared as much as 54% faster than inflation over the past twenty years, but real wages for nearly a million Californians who work in the construction industry have actually declined by 25%. The median wage of $35,000 per year prices most construction workers out of the housing market—particularly in high cost coastal cities.