Mike Quigley

Rent Is Too Damn High—And Trump Isn’t Taking It Seriously

Mike Quigley’s op‑ed highlights Chicago’s deepening housing affordability crisis, noting median home prices near $400,000 and a shortfall of over 224,000 affordable rentals. He points to a national supply gap of roughly five million homes as the root cause of rising costs. Recent bipartisan legislation—the Senate’s largest housing bill in decades and the House’s FAST Housing Act—aims to expand supply, cut regulatory barriers, and fund affordable projects. Quigley contrasts these efforts with the Trump administration’s focus on unrelated policy battles, arguing housing is a rare area for cross‑party cooperation.