Housing shortage: The problem and solution for US housing supply

Everything you did and didn't want to know about the US housing supply crunch...

1. Causes (permitting regulation, zoning laws, NIMBY, Faircloth Limit)
2. Economic costs and environmental externalities
3. Government policy initiatives (federal, state, and local)
4. The missing middle of housing
5. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)

This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis:

• California housing shortage (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
• Executive Order Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing (The White House, 2019.06.25)
• Homelessness in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
• Housing in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
• Housing insecurity in the United States (Wikipedia, 2025.01.01)
• Housing underproduction in the US (Garcia/Kolachalam/MacArthur/Wilkerson, 2024)
• HousingWire’s 2025 housing market forecast (Logan Mohtashami, 2024.12.30)
• Make it count: Measuring our housing supply shortage (Brookings, 2024.11.26)
• Overcoming the Nation’s Daunting Housing Supply Shortage (Parrott/Zandi, 2021.03)
• President Biden Announces New Actions to Ease the Burden of Housing Costs (The White House, 2022.05.16)
• The U.S. is now short 4.5 million homes as the housing deficit grows (Zillow, 2024.06.18)
• The Understated Housing Shortage in the United States (Corinth/Dante, 2022.07)
• Where do the estimates of a “housing shortage” come from? (Brookings, 2024.10.21)
• Why Is There a Housing Shortage in the U.S.? (Bankrate, 2024.10.17)

Not investment advice; do your own due diligence!

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