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Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by sollewitt on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @05:32PM (#39760467)
But most homes in the UK are single family homes (66%) and women changed from having 2.4 kids on average in 1970 to 1.66 in 2021, so you would expect household size to fall.
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Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by Retric on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @06:25PM (#39760940)
Yes, and if the number of households stayed the same then they wouldn’t need more housing. But, that’s not what is happening.

So when they say things like this: “the UK’s homes-per-capita ratio actually exceeds the US’s.” they are ignoring the differences in household sizes between the two countries.

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