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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Economists disagree about why housing is so expensive, but many view shortages in the housing supply or corporate ownership of the housing stock as the greatest contributing factors.
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
Most of the city’s housing stock was built before 1995, when the codes were adopted.
—Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Short-term rentals have greatly increased since 2020, from 744 (12 percent of the city’s housing stock) to 1,089 units (16 percent) now.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
Builders sell homes at lower price points Another factor promises to prevent prices from running away: Home builders are diligently adding to the housing stock.
—Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
The latest move is an indication that Mayor Mahan is moving full speed ahead on his stricter stance towards encampments, which has become a key part of his strategy for combatting homelessness along with trying to build up the city’s interim housing stock.
—Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
The dispute highlights a big problem in San Francisco’s housing stock: old buildings that are increasingly expensive to maintain and, in a city notoriously short on housing, among the few options for low-income renters.
—Heather Knight Amy Osborne, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
The nine-county Bay Area is slated build more than 441,000 new homes by then to meet housing demands, a roughly 15% increase in the region’s total housing stock.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Funding for the program comes from a Planning Grants Program passed by the California Legislature in 2017 to establish a permanent source of funding dedicated to addressing homelessness and increasing affordable housing stock throughout the state.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
Most of the city’s housing stock was built before 1995, when the codes were adopted.
—Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Short-term rentals have greatly increased since 2020, from 744 (12 percent of the city’s housing stock) to 1,089 units (16 percent) now.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
Builders sell homes at lower price points Another factor promises to prevent prices from running away: Home builders are diligently adding to the housing stock.
—Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
The latest move is an indication that Mayor Mahan is moving full speed ahead on his stricter stance towards encampments, which has become a key part of his strategy for combatting homelessness along with trying to build up the city’s interim housing stock.
—Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
The dispute highlights a big problem in San Francisco’s housing stock: old buildings that are increasingly expensive to maintain and, in a city notoriously short on housing, among the few options for low-income renters.
—Heather Knight Amy Osborne, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
The nine-county Bay Area is slated build more than 441,000 new homes by then to meet housing demands, a roughly 15% increase in the region’s total housing stock.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Funding for the program comes from a Planning Grants Program passed by the California Legislature in 2017 to establish a permanent source of funding dedicated to addressing homelessness and increasing affordable housing stock throughout the state.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
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“Housing stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20stock. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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