In 2023 a total of more than 1.5 million residential building permits were issued in the United States, according to the Census Bureau. read more »
Urban Issues
U.S. Residential Building Permits by Market Size: 2023
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Canadians Moving to Smaller Cities and Rural Areas
For the last two centuries, one of the most important demographic trends has been the movement of people from rural areas to the cities. read more »
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The New Revolutionary Class
No power on earth is more fearsome than a highly educated class that faces a constrained, even dismal, future. read more »
The Middling Kingdom
In July, on the 35th anniversary of World Population Day, the United Nations released a new report that reduced the world’s peak population prediction by 100 million read more »
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What's Great About Midwestern Cities
Anyone who follow me here knows I write quite a bit about Midwestern cities. They’re what I know best and love most. read more »
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The West Faces a New Type of Housing Crisis
Throughout the West, particularly the Anglosphere, housing costs are ravaging the middle class. Homeownership, long the key to social mobility, is on the decline read more »
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How the City of Angels Went to Hell
A journey through Los Angeles, the adopted home of Vice President Kamala Harris, offers a masterclass in urban dysfunction. read more »
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Moving Away from Density to Less Dense Detached Housing Areas
Further evidence of the continued dispersion of the US population is revealed by an examination of net domestic migration data read more »
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Faster, Better, More: How to House Australia
This paper, by property expert Ross Elliott, explores the reasons behind our current housing shortages and identifies a range of policy measures which have contributed to – rather than alleviated – the magnitude of the current housing ‘crisis.’ read more »
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Canada Total Fertility Rate (TFR) Drops to 1.26, BC to 1.00
Statistics Canada, Canada’s government statistical agency, has announced that the nation’s Total Fertility Rate dropped to 1.26 in 2023. read more »
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