Baltimore Area Home Construction
July 27th, 2006 | Published in NonGov Data
Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Baltimore Sun used housing and economic data to show that “local jurisdictions have increasingly reined in new residential construction, even as businesses created jobs faster in the region than they did nationwide.” As a result, there won’t be enough homes for new workers, if current projections hold up. “Baltimore and its five suburban counties would be 20,000 homes short in just four years. By 2030, the region would be 100,000 homes shy - as many dwellings as Howard County has now.” The paper used data from the Baltimore Metropolitan Council for its analysis.