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TzarKazm t1_jcych6y wrote

Reply to comment by wise_garden_hermit in Report: Affordable housing shortage has worsened in RI for renters with extremely low incomes by GhostOpera406

Leading me down the rabbit hole, thanks!

I found that the number of households has gone from 408,424 in 2020 to 414,730 now. So an increase of less than 1%. Since population has increased 4% there is actually a smaller percentage of households to population now.

What I did find that was interesting in census data is that apparently in 2000 there were 447,810 housing units in Rhode Island. As of January there are 426,769.

So I think I have some of my answer. There is actually less housing now by over 20k units. I guess the following question is why or how did that happen?

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wise_garden_hermit t1_jcyfdym wrote

Where are these numbers coming from? I think your 408,424 numberis from here and for 2000. U.S. census numbers for 2017-2020 show total households as 426,769, which would suggest a ~4.5% household growth outpacing pop growth.

> There is actually less housing now by over 20k units. I guess the following question is why or how did that happen?

This is actually surprising to me and I wouldn't have guessed total units actually going down. I guess houses have a natural attrition rate from fires, neglect, plain old neglect, and things like that. If nothing new is built, then supply will naturally decrease.

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TzarKazm t1_jcyid0w wrote

Yea, I have been googling on the phone and switching between screens got me, I shouldn't try and look at numbers until I have a dedicated screen. Sorry for making things more confusing.

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