• HobbitFoot
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    1 year ago

    Also, there has been a drop in new housing construction since 2008.

    There was a massive multigenerational push to build new housing, with government agencies either facilitating new construction with infrastructure or helping to fund its construction.

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      Do you mean new housing as in individual stand alone houses, or does that also include multi unit apartment buildings?
      I only ask because in the old area I used to live in it seemed like they were building new apartments left and right. Meanwhile as far as houses go I would be inclined to agree, as I haven’t really noticed any new construction going on. But that’s just in the area I live now. It’d be interesting to see nationwide numbers.

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        1 year ago

        Any new housing unit. There has been an increase in multifamily housing, but nowhere near enough to cover for the total drop.