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What is a 'House'? Critiquing the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey

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Submitted by Todd Litman on August 15, 2014 - 11:00am
Demographia's International Housing Affordability Surveys are widely used to compare cities and evaluate urban development policies, but there are good reasons to question their analysis methods, starting with their definition of "house."

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