Restarting student-loan payments will make it tougher to buy a home

As student-loan payments are set to resume, Houston-based house hunter Meshawn Cisero is looking over his budget with a fine-toothed comb and cutting expenses as he gears up to pay over $400 a month for his student debt.

The 33-year-old, who works as a program manager at a startup, has cut back on traveling, going out with friends, ordering food from delivery apps, sharing streaming accounts with other people, and even is holding off on buying a new car. “I’m gonna have to cut back some more, especially when the student-loan…