Many US cities are experiencing household growth occurring at a faster rate than population growth. E.g., DC's population is 10% lower now than in 1970—but it has 20% more households than then. This is a contributor to the housing affordability crisis.
Does contemporary zoning preclude a return of SRO-style solutions?
Where does Airbnb fit into this? Because where I live and where friends and family live, there are several within blocks or down the road. Some busy some not.
To add to this - the UK parliament was presented with a paper in 1996 called “Household Growth: where shall we live” forecasting need for 1.6m new housing- because demographic changes (eg single occupancy)… Govts have done f.all about it…. Not like they weren’t warned….
We see dramatic differences in population versus household growth among cities that have regained their 1970 population, too, like New York, Seattle, and Boston. Again: That's more households per capita—thus more competition for a limited supply of housing units.
The (developed)world needs to huddle
It doesn't have to be, if housing production keeps up the pace. ggwash.org/view/42673/a... Also important to note that *all* household size decline now is due to aging! The US needs more houses to house *exactly the same* people.
Over 800,000 people lived within the boundaries of the District of Columbia back in 1950. How did all of these people fit, with fewer and smaller buildings than today? The 1951 sci-fi classic “The Da...
not kidding, I saw an article yesterday arguing that the solution to the housing crisis was, instead of building more housing, for grandparents to move back into the same homes as their sons and daughters and grandkids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.app.com/story/opinio...
Government policies should provide incentives for affordable home and rental family living arrangements.
Not sure that I necessarily think the following is the case - but couldn’t you also interpret increased household formation as evidence of adequate supply? Households increase because there are units for them to live in. Or am I missing something here?
It's all the single ladies who want extra room for their cats
How are households defined in this model? Is it residents together in a dwelling unit regardless of familial status?