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Communities Across the Nation Want to Add Housing. Which Metropolitan Areas Are Adding the Most?

Between 2020 and 2025, four Texas metropolitan areas—Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio—accounted for 13.3 percent of total US housing supply growth.