What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis

What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis

Builders work on a new house on September 3, 2024, in Old Bethpage, New York. | Bruce Bennett/Getty Images America is short on homes.  There are 4.7 million fewer housing units than families in the United States, according to a recent report from the real estate website Zillow. And this shortage is getting larger over time, in part because the pace of construction has slowed over the past two decades.   Dwellings are especially scarce — and th…