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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Over 40% of the city's rental apartments are rent-stabilized, accounting for about one-fourth of citywide housing stock, according to the New York University Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
But authoritarian regimes can exert massive influence over the private economy, and particularly over the largest employers, when a single person or a small group sometimes owns the enterprise (or the housing stock).
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
However, a bigger hurdle for sustained affordability is the middle-income housing stock.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The combination of rising prices, insufficient new housing stock, growing rental demand, and limited affordability has put large numbers of renters and prospective homeowners under pressure.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
But authoritarian regimes can exert massive influence over the private economy, and particularly over the largest employers, when a single person or a small group sometimes owns the enterprise (or the housing stock).
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
However, a bigger hurdle for sustained affordability is the middle-income housing stock.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
The combination of rising prices, insufficient new housing stock, growing rental demand, and limited affordability has put large numbers of renters and prospective homeowners under pressure.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housing stock
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“Housing stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20stock. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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