housing stock
noun
: the total number of houses and apartments in an area
There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.
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In 2012, a Dallas family earning $42,000 per year could afford 44% of the housing stock.
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Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Despite the huge influx of financing, the share of housing stock built through high-tech modular construction remains very small.
—Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
The city of Fresno, with more than 500,000 residents, is in some ways a test case of what happens when a city cracks down on homelessness without growing systematic efforts to increase the affordable housing stock.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
But with low affordable housing stock, depleted federal and state funding and other challenges, the city’s number of homeless people is outpacing what the city can provide.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Despite the huge influx of financing, the share of housing stock built through high-tech modular construction remains very small.
—Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
The city of Fresno, with more than 500,000 residents, is in some ways a test case of what happens when a city cracks down on homelessness without growing systematic efforts to increase the affordable housing stock.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
But with low affordable housing stock, depleted federal and state funding and other challenges, the city’s number of homeless people is outpacing what the city can provide.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Housing stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20stock. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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