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White House tackles housing shortage with plan for 100k affordable homes
- 1680168l 5y agoThis is not needed, is not effective, is not efficient, and is not prudent.
- missedthecue 5y agoThe following image is a graph that clearly shows a good idea of how far we are behind. For over a decade, the annual number of new housing starts has been in the gutter. https://dlzx9e7gl8jc4.cloudfront.net/trulia/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2016/11/Picture1-1.png https://dlzx9e7gl8jc4.cloudfront.net/trulia/wp-content/uploa... A nationwide plan for 100,000 homes over three years is better than nothing, but studies estimate that the US is currently 5.5 million units short and falling further behind every year. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-housing-market-needs-5-5-million-more-units-says-new-report-11623835800 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-housing-market-needs-5-5-mi...