Data
Supply evidence here currently includes UN-Habitat adequacy estimates and CMHC construction figures for Canada.
U.S. Census construction series and other national starts data will be attached as verified rows, not as guessed totals.
Each figure carries a geography, period, and named source. None of these is a global median home price.
New units needed per day to 2030
96,000
housing units per day
UN-Habitat estimate of the production pace required to meet adequate-housing needs by 2030. This is a need estimate, not observed construction.
Housing starts, six-month trend
244,149
units, SAAR trend
CMHC six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate of total housing starts.
Annual starts needed to restore pre-pandemic affordability by 2036
417,000–469,000
homes per year
CMHC modeled range. The width reflects different assumptions about how strongly households respond to lower prices.
