Housing is expensive. Homebuilders worry it’s about to get worse.
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What are the implications of the Supreme Court case on transgender health care?
The court will decide whether Tennessee can keep a ban in place on things like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for transgender minors. But as reporter Orion Rumler with The 19th tells us, this goes beyond Tennessee.
26 states ban this care very similarly to how Tennessee does. So whatever the court says here in this case will set precedent in these other states.
Last year, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Tennessee arguing that banning this type of health care for trans kids violates the 14th Amendment. That is discrimination based on sex. Tennessee's attorney general has said the law is not discriminatory because it applies to all genders and that it sets age and use based limits on these treatments. Rumler said this idea that health care procedures can be banned for certain purposes or certain groups has some experts concerned about what this case could mean for all people.
If a state can do this, if a state can step in and say, we want to ban or restrict this form of medical care for a specific demographic group of people, they see that as dangerous and that it could potentially enable the government to control people's health decisions or enact what many legal experts would consider other blatantly discriminatory policies.
Similar bans have ended up in court before, though with mixed results. A judge in Arkansas temporarily blocked that state's ban from going into effect, though state lawmakers ended up passing a law that makes it difficult for physicians to get malpractice insurance coverage for gender-affirming care, effectively what some call a backdoor ban. Sarah, the mother in Tennessee, told CNN she sees her son's treatment as absolutely vital. Before receiving hormone therapy, she says her son was withdrawn, frustrated with puberty, and had attempted suicide. But since getting treated, she sees him feeling more confident and more at peace. She says she'll do whatever it takes to, quote, keep us safe and him happy, even if that means moving to another state. Although oral arguments begin today, the Supreme Court's decision won't be known until sometime next year. There are two policies President-elect Trump has repeatedly promised to enact when he takes office in a few weeks.
How could mass deportations affect the construction industry?
One, deporting massive numbers of migrants who are in this country illegally. And two, imposing tariffs on non-American goods. Those two policies together could have major impact on one industry in particular, construction. Elizabeth Findell, a national reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Texas, has been speaking with people who work in construction.
Most people said they don't really know that they can prepare. One home building company, its president said that they had started an internal assessment of how much the tariffs could increase their home prices. Another head of a large home building company, when I asked him what he was thinking of doing, he said, retire.
Undocumented workers make up an estimated 13 percent of the construction industry. That's more than twice the number for the entire American workforce. And in places like Texas, California and New Jersey, that number is even higher. Trump's promise of mass deportations could make hiring for these jobs much more difficult.
What challenges do transgender families face with health care bans?
But first, when Tennessee banned gender-affirming care for transgender kids last year, Sarah took time off from work to drive her son hundreds of miles from Nashville to a clinic in North Carolina that would treat him. A month later, North Carolina enacted a similar ban. Sarah, who's using a pseudonym out of concern for her family's safety, told CNN she did the math and she panicked. The closest state without a ban was now Ohio, more than 400 miles away. This is a scenario more and more parents of transgender kids are facing, as states ban the type of care that they say they need. And today, the Supreme Court will weigh in on the issue of health care for trans minors for the first time.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why are homebuilders worried about Trump's policies?
2:54
2
What are the implications of the Supreme Court case on transgender health care?
1:11–3:40
3
How could mass deportations affect the construction industry?
3:40–5:14
4
What are the potential effects of proposed tariffs on home building?
5:14–5:55
5
How are housing prices impacted by current policies?
5:55
6
What challenges do transgender families face with health care bans?
0:28–6:01
7
What does the future hold for affordable housing amidst these changes?
6:01–12:10
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