How to Use housing stock in a Sentence

housing stock

noun
  • Gaza has had 45% of its housing stock destroyed in one month.
    — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But to do so, the city needs to boost its housing stock as quickly as possible.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Cleveland's housing stock is getting more geriatric by the year.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The portion of the existing housing stock for sale is at historic lows.
    — Priscilla Almodovar, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The fall in rental prices may also be a result of fresh housing stock hitting the market this year.
    — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The report attributes much of this growth to the country’s aging housing stock.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • To boost housing stock, the city needs to start permitting more housing overall.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
  • More housing stock means more options and more competition, which would drive costs down.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • And their problem became that their existing housing stock was too big.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In the meantime, the state public housing stock is suffering.
    — Todd Wallack, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Milwaukee area is also home to some of the older housing stock in the state.
    — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the city’s housing stock was built before 1995, when the codes were adopted.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • As urban housing stock grows, rents may stabilize, drawing thousands back to cities.
    — Dean Kaplan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • These small units make up one of the most significant recent additions to the state’s housing stock.
    — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • Sacramento, as the largest city in the region, is supposed to build a substantial share of the housing stock.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Due to a nearly two-decade-long decline in new construction, the country’s housing stock is aging.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • These investors own only a small share of the country’s single-family housing stock.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Fund community land trusts that help keep housing stock affordable.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • The housing stock is aging, leaving residents to live in these older buildings.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Steven, in a city like Baltimore, most of the housing stock are these row houses, many of which were built like one hundred years ago.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2021
  • There is a real crisis unfolding in New York’s housing stock.
    — Kenny Burgos, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The more housing stock available, both rentals and ownership, could decrease the price of housing, Chu said.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Generous infrastructure grants will be awarded only to those cities that have added to their housing stock.
    — Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 29 June 2026
  • Hopefully, this case will not delay and distract from the necessary work of beefing up the city’s housing stock.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • And that doesn't begin to address the issue of what kind of neighborhood, and housing stock, a family might want.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Our housing stock is old—nearly half of all units in Michigan were built before 1970.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Beyond changing weather patterns, homes are more at risk because housing stock is aging, the report says.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Bad tenants who abuse the process hurt good tenants, responsible owners and the housing stock itself.
    — Shimon Shkury, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That is not healthy for tenants, owners, policymakers or the housing stock.
    — Shimon Shkury, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The area's housing stock is relatively new, with many homes built after 1980.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024

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