For years now, the US has been in the depths of a housing shortage, specifically an affordable housing shortage. From a basic economic standpoint, a normal, balanced housing market should have about a 4-6 months’ supply available of houses. Anything less than that is considered a housing shortage. On today's show, you're going to learn how vast the housing shortage is. We're going to talk about some of the major contributing factors to this shortage and how new construction real estate investing can help remedy this situation.