The Outlook for Housing Starts

Excerpt:  “Housing starts, or the commencement of construction of new single-family and multifamily housing units, are an important component of the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast of the U.S. economy. This report discusses the outlook for housing starts over the next 30 years. Population growth is the most important driver of that long-run outlook, but several other factors affect it as well.

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report (38 pages)