According to the last census, we have 335 million people in the USA and 360 million bedrooms in houses in the USA, a surplus of 25 million bedrooms. Assuming that on average, every house has one bedroom that's shared (average of some having zero and some having more than one), this means that we have about 110-120 million bedrooms that are not used for a bedroom in the USA.
This is compared to a place like India, where they have one bedroom for every 3 people. In the USA, the average home is 2,164 SF (Canada and Australia are the only countries that have similar size). Germany and France homes are about 1,200 SF on average, 818 SF in the UK, 500-650 SF in India, Russia, and China.
So when you hear about a housing crisis in the USA, some perspective is in order. Also, in no way am I suggesting that we should house homeless people in the extra rooms as USA homelessness has to do with a LOT more than the availability of affordable housing. Just pointing out another example of in a world where we are constantly bombarded with how we're in such a state of decline where we seem to do pretty well.
This is compared to a place like India, where they have one bedroom for every 3 people. In the USA, the average home is 2,164 SF (Canada and Australia are the only countries that have similar size). Germany and France homes are about 1,200 SF on average, 818 SF in the UK, 500-650 SF in India, Russia, and China.
So when you hear about a housing crisis in the USA, some perspective is in order. Also, in no way am I suggesting that we should house homeless people in the extra rooms as USA homelessness has to do with a LOT more than the availability of affordable housing. Just pointing out another example of in a world where we are constantly bombarded with how we're in such a state of decline where we seem to do pretty well.
