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C'mon folks, I know it's fun to slap, "Source?" on every comment, but it took me ~15 seconds to find a number of places where this data exists and is readily available. [0]

'xnx did the same thing as a sibling comment, but I just wanted to add that we can do better! This info is super readily available.

[0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N

While I agree people have the ability to look up others’ claims for themselves, it’s a lazy way to go about it — I make an argument and then say “you look it up!”

At the national level, a quick look says population/total units is holding steady, or maybe even trending lower.

1. Population: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/POPTOTUSA647NWDB 2. Housing Units: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ETOTALUSQ176N

First result: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N

The problem is so bad that you can lose population and still be under water with the housing supply.