For millions of Americans, the dream of owning a home has become harder than ever to reach. Prices have exploded while wages barely moved. Since 2000, home prices have reportedly climbed 82 percent, while the average paycheck increased only around 12 percent.
That gap did not happen by accident.
According to a new report from President Donald Trump’s White House economists, government red tape has played a major role in pricing ordinary families out of the market. The findings point directly at years of regulations, zoning restrictions, permit delays, and costly mandates that have driven up housing costs nationwide.
And the report gives that hidden burden a name: the “bureaucrat tax.”
The Hidden Cost Added to Every New Home
Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers says layers of federal, state, and local government rules have quietly added more than $100,000 to the price of a typical newly built home.
That money does not go toward larger kitchens, extra bedrooms, or better construction materials.
Instead, it often goes toward permit applications, endless paperwork, environmental reviews, inspection fees, compliance mandates, and months of waiting for approvals from government offices.
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