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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By January of this year, Air Force bombing had wrecked some seventy per cent of the civilian population’s housing stock.
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Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Before the visit was announced, Milwaukee water officials and Common Council members raised concerns that heavy attention on lead pipes could provide residents a false sense of security given the serious hazards lead paint poses in the city's old housing stock.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
But the effort to reduce homelessness in the city faces major challenges, including low affordable housing stock and depleted federal and state funding.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
Not surprisingly, these trends hold true across both condos and co-ops, which make up the majority of Manhattan’s housing stock.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Before the visit was announced, Milwaukee water officials and Common Council members raised concerns that heavy attention on lead pipes could provide residents a false sense of security given the serious hazards lead paint poses in the city's old housing stock.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
But the effort to reduce homelessness in the city faces major challenges, including low affordable housing stock and depleted federal and state funding.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
Not surprisingly, these trends hold true across both condos and co-ops, which make up the majority of Manhattan’s housing stock.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Housing stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20stock. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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