Is the American Dream Crumbling? Tens of Millions Struggle with Unsustainable Rents and Dilapidated Homes in the United States

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American homeowners, who are most affected by energy poverty, have the fewest resources to upgrade their properties, and the renovation market is dominated by spending by the wealthier classes - this is shown in a new study by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies Remodeling Futures, titled "The Retrofit Gap: Disparities in Homeowner Energy Insecurity and Energy-Related Remodeling". The situation is eerily similar to the situatio…