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The '50s was a bit of an aberration, because the massive influx of soldiers coming home caused an extreme housing crunch, especially if you consider that there
by bobthepanda 5y ago
The '50s was a bit of an aberration, because the massive influx of soldiers coming home caused an extreme housing crunch, especially if you consider that there wasn't a whole lot of housing being built in the decade before the war due to the Great Depression. It was also exacerbated by moving from multigenerational living in the 30s to the nuclear family in the 50s.
- loeg 5y agoAlso, the boom of affordable, basic amenity new construction post-war was subsidized for (white) veterans by the federal government[1]. [1]: e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown