America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back

With teacher shortages mounting and housing costs soaring, school districts from California to Ohio are experimenting with a new solution: building homes for educators on school-owned land.

By: Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 4, 2025

Words: 1,361

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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By Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University

For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, and teachers earn 5% less than they did a decade ago when adjusting for inflation.

That’s one reason why there’s

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