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Home building in central cities
| Author: |
Carliner, Michael |
| Date: |
1999 |
| Periodical: |
Housing Economics |
| Abstract: |
Though there has been a continuing shift of population and jobs to suburban areas, many homes are built in the central cities of the nation’s metropolitan areas. From 1990 to 1997, and average of about 250,000 permits per year were issued for new housing units in central cities, representing more than 20% of total permits for the nation. Most of those permits were for single family homes. Overall population growth in the US has been running at about 0.9% per year, with births adding about 1.5%, deaths subtracting 0.9% and net immigration, adding about 0.3%. Central cities held about 30% of the total US population in 1997, but accounted for only 14% of the growth in population from 1990 to 1996. The density of population and the amount of unused land varies considerably among central cities. The location of new housing has become a subject of increased interest as political and media attention has focused on the issue of sprawl, and of alternative described using terms such as “smart growth’. Statistics for metropolitan area cities and suburbs in the US are present in tubular form. |
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