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U.S. new home construction in April 2021 was around 600,000 units - or 67 percent - higher than it was in April 2020. The lowest point for housing starts over the past decade was in 2009, just after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Since 2010, the number of housing units started has been on the increase. Statista offers New housing construction starts in the United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s)
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US Census Bureau. (May 18, 2021). New housing construction starts in the United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184487/us-new-privately-owned-housing-units-started-since-2000/
US Census Bureau. "New housing construction starts in the United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 18, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184487/us-new-privately-owned-housing-units-started-since-2000/
US Census Bureau. (2021). New housing construction starts in the United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184487/us-new-privately-owned-housing-units-started-since-2000/
US Census Bureau. "New Housing Construction Starts in The United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184487/us-new-privately-owned-housing-units-started-since-2000/
US Census Bureau, New housing construction starts in the United States from January 1968 to April 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184487/us-new-privately-owned-housing-units-started-since-2000/ (last visited May 17, 2022)