The Cost of Housing?

quote from PBS Newshour Saturday: source National Housing Conference:

"The cost of housing, for both homeowners and renters, is less affordable today than at any time in more than 100 years."

end quote.

So, that means you would have to go back to around world War I to have housing be more affordable than now for everyone in the U.S.

One way I dealt with this in 1980 was to buy inexpensive but beautiful scenic land without electricity on it then and without running water except for a spring on this land. We built our home at 4000 feet also on the side of Mt. Shasta on land we purchased for around 8000 dollars at the time. However, you cannot likely get beautiful land like this now at this price as this was 42 years ago now. Also, the cost of building supplies is many many times what it was then too. So, my solution in 1980 might not work today unless people salvaged houses being torn down and gathered their materials from houses being brought down whenever possible.

Also, before you install recycled materials you would have to have them personally approved by country building departments or city building departments if you are inside of city limits now too.

However, if it is legal to put up a yurt on lands where you are this is often easier simply because if it is allowed it is considered temporary sort of like a camping tent and laws aren't usually as stringent on Yurts or Teepees if they are allowed in the county where you are doing this nationwide.