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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Co-buying with a friend or relative is a work-around, allowing people to combine income and assets, especially in areas where the housing stock is mostly single-family homes.
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Rhaina Cohen, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Corporate landlords continue to gobble up single-family housing stock in Mecklenburg County, owning about 20,000 homes at the end of 2023.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Nurmela said the town changed its codes to allow for smaller homes on smaller lots and create more diversity and affordability in its housing stock, aligning with a trend seen nationally since the pandemic.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
In recent years, though, the GHA has demolished Delaney, Dorie Miller, and Colonial Gardens public housing centers so its housing stock has diminished.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Rhaina Cohen, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Corporate landlords continue to gobble up single-family housing stock in Mecklenburg County, owning about 20,000 homes at the end of 2023.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Nurmela said the town changed its codes to allow for smaller homes on smaller lots and create more diversity and affordability in its housing stock, aligning with a trend seen nationally since the pandemic.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
In recent years, though, the GHA has demolished Delaney, Dorie Miller, and Colonial Gardens public housing centers so its housing stock has diminished.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Housing stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20stock. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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