>New housing starts in the US[1] have climbed steadily for the past 10 years This is good, but even at the peak in 2022 housing starts were lower than they wer

>New housing starts in the US[1] have climbed steadily for the past 10 years This is good, but even at the peak in 2022 housing starts were lower than they were 20 years ago. Given that the population has grown significantly since then, housing starts per capita effectively never recovered from the 2008 recession.