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Building permits from California, Florida, and Texas make up a third of all building permits issued nationwide and have been dominating this statistic for the last decade.

Recent data points to a paucity of housing for low- and moderate-income residents in the hot Bay Area housing market. How is California’s Housing and Community Development Department planning to address this problem?

Housing boomed in 2017. The numbers were the best in 10 years. If you’re only looking at single-family construction. The bigger picture might not be so rosy in 2018?

Upticks in construction have boosted the economy in some states. States such as Tennessee and Colorado rank highly on Forbes' American Dream Index due to high amounts of building permits, as well as declines in unemployment. similarly influenced by high building permits and low unemployment. Meanwhile, states such as Alabama are hindered by high rates of bankruptcy.