America’s housing shortage grew to an all-time high of 4.7 million units, according to a new Zillow® analysis of recently released Census data. This deepening housing deficit remains the prime driver of the nation’s housing affordability crisis. In Metro Phoenix, the housing shortage hit 98,703 in 2023, an analysis shows.

Construction boomed in response to high demand and price growth during the early years of the pandemic. But that hasn’t been enough to keep up with the growing population, let alone undo nearly two decades of underbuilding that kicked off during the Great Recession.

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“The unfortunate fact is that we still don’t have enou

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