housing stock

noun

: the total number of houses and apartments in an area

There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.

Examples of housing stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Two converging trends—the automation of property management and Wall Street’s consolidation of America’s rental housing stock—had exacerbated the already uneven power dynamics of the landlord-tenant relationship. —Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024

She’s also focused on the homeless crisis and wants to expand short-term temporary housing solutions as the county continues to work to build up its affordable housing stock. —Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024

The city government has effectively abandoned its downtown housing stock, following in the footsteps of many private landlords who have deserted their buildings. —John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023

An increase in housing stock could keep rent prices down and, coupled with a population decrease, benefit Californians. —Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

Cadena put the tiny house project in the context of ongoing shortfalls in the local housing stock. —Eric Jennings, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024

Plus, insurance companies are leaving homeowners stranded without policies, the current housing stock is aging, and new developments cannot get started for a whole host of reasons, including being located in uninsurable locations. —Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024