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      "description": "Learn about how many houses are in the US and identify urban areas with significant vacancies versus growing unhoused populations.",
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      "title": "How Many Houses Are in the U.S.? - United Way NCA",
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  "text": "I think they're arguing that if you subtract second/third/etc. houses + vacancies, then there isn't a shortage.\n\nE.g. there's 4.53 vacant housing units per unhoused person in LA per unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-...\n\nSo SURELY NIMBYs support limiting the number of homes someone has, right? ...Right?"
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