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> Loads of housing is getting built Googling around it looks like the population of Idaho has gone from around 1 million in 1990 to around 2.2 million today.
by dnissley 3y ago
> Loads of housing is getting built
Googling around it looks like the population of Idaho has gone from around 1 million in 1990 to around 2.2 million today.
Total housing starts from 1988 to today are around 400k (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IDBPPRIVSA https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IDBPPRIVSA). So assuming that Idaho had "enough" housing in 1988, they've only built 1 unit of housing for every 3 new residents since 1990.
This doesn't seem like loads of housing to me.