Hot real estate market mostly missed Illinois, ranking 48th for new homes – Illinois Policy

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%.
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Ex Illini
4 years ago

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.

Last edited 4 years ago by debtsor

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