Postwar housing production quadrupled within two peak years of 1949-1950

Evidence

According to a revised Bureau of the Census tabulation, the number of housing starts in 1949 topped 1.4 million. The final tally for 1950 was even higher – over 1.9 million, more than twice the pre-1945 record. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 75

Categorization

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