Housing Insights: The U.S. Housing Shortage from a Local Perspective

Estimates of the number of missing homes vary widely, but one thing has become clear: While the housing supply shortage is a national problem, solving it is often a local one. In this report, Fannie Mae economists Kim Betancourt, Stephen Gardner, and Mark Palim examine the contours of housing supply for 75 major U.S. metropolitan markets in a way that might offer clues to addressing the housing supply crisis at the local level.

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