housing stock

noun

: the total number of houses and apartments in an area

There was a decrease in available housing stock last year.

Examples of housing stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That approach, paired with more outreach to Black residents, may help increase the city’s affordable housing stock and close the gap in Black homeownership, though some city council members have urged a more aggressive push on affordable housing. —Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026

Others are merely waiting on the sidelines, hoping for mortgage rates to fall below 6%, cheaper housing, and more housing stock. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026

This long-term slowdown in housing construction has left the region with an older, more strained housing stock and a deep shortfall in affordable options. —Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

These investors own only a small share of the country’s single-family housing stock. —Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026

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