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U.S. housing - number of units authorized by building permits 2017

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the U.S. from 1965 to 2017 (in thousands)

The data describes the number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the U.S. from 1965 to 2017. In 2017, approx. 1.26 million housing units were authorized by building permits.

1965	1240.6
1970	1351.5
1975	939.2
1980	1190.6
1985	1733.3
1990	1110.8
1995	1332.5
2000	1592.3
2005	2155.3
2006	1838.9
2007	1398.4
2008	905.4
2009	583
2010	604.6
2011	624.1
2012	829.7
2013	990.8
2014	1052.1
2015	1182.6
2016	1206.6
2017	1264.1

U.S. housing - number of units authorized by building permits 2017

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