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  • Insight | February 27, 2020

    The Housing Supply Shortage: State of the States

    The United States suffers from a severe housing shortage. In a recent study, The Major Challenge of Inadequate U.S. Housing Supply, we estimated that 2.5 million additional housing units will be needed to make up this shortage. Our earlier study used national statistics, treating the United States as a single market. What happens when we look closer, basing the analysis at the state level? More

    Blue map showing housing stock deficit as proportion of a state's housing stock dynamic estimate.
  • Insight | January 7, 2020

    Family Budget Burdens Squeezing Housing: Child Care Costs

    There's something else keeping Susan and Peter up at night besides their newborn and 2-year-old: wondering how to pay the bills. More

    Line chart showing child care costs such as Child Care and Education has increased by nearly 49% from 1993 to 2018, faster than nearly all other components of the family budget
  • Insight | December 5, 2018

    The Major Challenge of Inadequate U.S. Housing Supply

    In the last 10 years, since the Great Recession, the economy has expanded greatly, but the housing market still has not recovered. Since 2011, residential housing construction has increased, but only gradually. More

    The Major Challenge of Inadequate U.S. Housing Supply

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