BY JANN SWANSON
In their December Insight report Freddie Mac’s economists
estimated the country will fall short of its housing needs this year by about 2.5 million units. Yet at the same time, fewer members of the Millennial generation are buying houses than young people did in earlier periods. This month the Insights report examines the intersection of these facts, asking
who is living in those homes that young people were expected to buy, and how this relates to the shortfall.