I believe that glue-laminated timbers (which were mentioned in the article) and plywood (which features heavily in housebuilding - at least in Vancouver) can be

I believe that glue-laminated timbers (which were mentioned in the article) and plywood (which features heavily in housebuilding - at least in Vancouver) can be made from younger trees. It is plausible that foresters would struggle to meet a surge in demand, but growth in wooden house building could be slow - particularly in resistant markets (like the UK). I also remember reading that young trees remove more CO2 from the atmosphere than mature trees, so a surge in logging and replanting (and and expansion of forestry efforts to keep up with demand) could have a benefit in fighting global warming.