Housing units/person is roughly the same as year 2000 too. Slightly lower, nothing that can possibly be asserted as a shortage. (which you had in your previous

Housing units/person is roughly the same as year 2000 too. Slightly lower, nothing that can possibly be asserted as a shortage. (which you had in your previous comment, but deleted for some reason) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=j9kB https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=j9kB Demographics matter a lot, yes, not just population. 5 year olds don't buy houses. Elderly dying sell their houses. But even using that number shows no shortage. Back up your assertions with facts or don't participate at all please. This is how misinformation about a housing shortage has spread so virally. I've already engaged in the same circuitous conversation 100 times though, not worth engaging again. Check back in 5 years and we'll see what happened