Housing supplants child care as No. 1 stressor for employees

The nation's largest private employee assistance program reported this week that for the first time in several decades, housing overtook child care as the top reason thousands of workers called asking for help.

ComPsych reported that queries related to moving rose 14% in the first half of this year compared to the previous six months, illustrating the hardships even the employed are suffering because of a continued downturn in the nation's housing market.