The housing affordability crisis in America has gotten considerably worse over the last five years. How have recent tariffs on Canadian lumber impacted home construction costs, and which groups are hurt the most by increases in home prices? On this week's episode of Borderline Economics, we spoke to a leading resource economist, Professor Brent Songhen from the Ohio State University, about how tariffs could impact lumber supply chains and home affordability and what we can expect the housing market to look like in the coming year.

Learn about how tariffs are disproportionately impacting low-income households and families in poverty at www.borderlineeconomics.org.