With median sale prices up 8% in the past year, according to Redfin, Wisconsin is the unhappy winner of the biggest price jump among the presidential battleground states. Prices are up here at double the U.S. average.
Some voters here said their frustration over housing could determine how they will vote in November’s election. That is a headwind Vice President Kamala Harris, the expected Democratic nominee, will have to contend with in Wisconsin and in other battleground states, as her rival Donald Trump tries to link her to President Biden’s stewardship of the country. ...
“I always thought we were a more reasonable place to live,” said Kayla Lange, who grew up in the nearby suburb of Kenosha and lives with a roommate in an apartment downtown. The 24-year-old says her $45,000 salary as an IT recruiter leaves nothing left over after paying for rent, food and installments on her student loans.
“It’s gotten out of control, and I blame the people in charge,” she said.
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