A Lack of Supply Isn\u2019t Causing Our Housing Crisis

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In some U.S cities, there are more vacant units than there are homeless persons, writes FranQuigley

Schwartz and McClure put it plainly: “Nationally, there is no shortage of housing, and adding to the surplus won’t resolve the nation’s affordability problems.”” is, you guessed it, building more housing.

Maybe we should listen instead to the housing experts whose bank accounts don’t get a boost every time a crane goes up. Take Alex Schwartz and Kirk McClure. Schwartz, a professor at the New School, literally wrote the book on U.S. housing,is professor emeritus in urban planning at the University of Kansas. Like Schwartz, he is a widely-published, highly-decorated expert on housing markets.article, Schwartz and McClure decided to look past the housing-supply hype and crunch the numbers.

 

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