Yellen announced a new fund providing $100 million over the next three years to support affordable housing financing6. This is part of the Biden administration's efforts to increase access to affordable housing as high prices and interest rates have pushed up the cost of living.
In May, US home prices reached a record high with the median price of a previously owned home increasing by 5.8% from a year ago to $419,300, as reported by the National Association of Realtors.
Yellen expects inflation to come down and return to the Federal Reserve's 2% target by next year, while Fed officials project that their preferred measure of inflation will return to 2% in 2026.