Can empty-nesters boost housing affordability? : The Indicator from Planet Money

The “silver tsunami” of aging Americans is often seen as a potential way to alleviate the country’s housing affordability woes. However, the data suggests that an influx of empty-nester homes coming on the market won’t have much of an impact on the problem—because of a geographical mismatch.

Today on the show, we speak to an economist who’s looked into the silver tsunami’s impact on the housing market and thinks this theory might be more of a red herring.

This episode was fact checked by Sierra Juarez