1.0Bellwetherhttps://bellwetherco.comRussell Clowhttps://bellwetherco.com/insights/author/russclowcreative-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yZopGMMkMp"><a href="https://bellwetherco.com/insights/chart-for-thought-no-2/">U.S. Housing Starts Over Time</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://bellwetherco.com/insights/chart-for-thought-no-2/embed/#?secret=yZopGMMkMp" width="600" height="338" title="“U.S. Housing Starts Over Time” — Bellwether" data-secret="yZopGMMkMp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://bellwetherco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ChartForThought_No2_Web_v1-2048x1079-1.png20481079The U.S. suffers from a severe housing shortage. Freddie Mac estimates that 2.5 million additional housing units will be needed to make up this shortage. The housing market has been struggling to keep up with demand since the GFC, when the number of new homes built was slashed in half compared with the previous decade. […]