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Statistical Brief: Tracking the American Dream — Fifty Years of Housing Changes
Statistical Brief: Tracking the American Dream — Fifty Years of Housing Changes
Report Number SB/94-8
How much has the American housing picture changed during the last half-century? This Brief gives you an idea by using data collected by the housing censuses of 1940 through 1990. You’ll see, for instance, that homes are now in better condition than ever before and are easier to heat, but affordability has become a very big problem.
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