A White House press secretary blaming young people's money complaints on laziness lands badly, because the real story is a housing crisis that's locking a whole generation out.

• Caroline Levitt said Gen Z is lazy and spoiled for complaining that housing, gas, and food are too expensive.
• The pushback: prices really have run away, and home costs versus wages are far worse than they were 20 or 40 years ago.
• Many young people now live with their parents because buying a home feels impossible, pushing some toward left-wing candidates like Zohran Mamdani who promise cheaper living.
• Trump said he wants home prices to go up, not down, which helps older owners but makes homes even less affordable for everyone else.
• San Francisco shows the extreme: the AI boom is minting new millionaires, pushing the average home to $1.7 million and rents above New York, so even $180,000 salaries can't keep up.

Outlook: With little new housing being built and no political push to lower prices, affordability will likely keep getting worse for young buyers and renters.