Residential construction permits per capita grew by 17.5% nationally in 2021, according to data released Feb. 17 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Illinois was far slower, coming in at 10.6%.
You don’t need many new homes when you’re losing 118,000 people in a year.
debtsor
4 years ago
Super low new housing starts is fairly consistent with the data that Illinois is a sanctuary state. Our newest illegal migrating from Michoacan are too poor to buy housing, and/or, don’t have the legal paperwork to do so.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
You don’t need many new homes when you’re losing 118,000 people in a year.
Super low new housing starts is fairly consistent with the data that Illinois is a sanctuary state. Our newest illegal migrating from Michoacan are too poor to buy housing, and/or, don’t have the legal paperwork to do so.