I think the question of ~affordability~ is being conceptualized a bit incorrectly by the political system because of reluctance to acknowledge that inflation is primarily a macroeconomic phenomenon that needs macro solutions.

The rate of inflation has slowed a lot from its peak but not only has the price level failed to revert (probably impossible) the inflation rate itself has not fallen to the Fed’s target.

Solving this requires either higher interest rates (which nobody wants) or fiscal austerity (which they want even less) so there’s a lot of interest in diagnosing a distinct ~~affordability~~ problem that would have some other solution.

But take the much discussed electricity price crisis — this is mostly just high inflation.