Housing Construction Hasn't Kept Up With Employment or Population Growth in NYC

Percent change from 1980 to 2022

Employment is seasonally-unadjusted annual average. Population is sum of population estimate for five NYC counties. Housing units before 2005 from NYC Dept. of Planning and after from NYU Furman Center.
Chart: Adrian Nesta Source: U.S. BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Census Population Estimates, NYU Furman Center coredata.nyc, NYC Dept. of Planning
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