TRUE: California Ranks 49th in Per Capita Housing Supply

By Chris Nichols, PolitiFact California

"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production." - Gavin Newsom on Thursday, March 8th, 2018

Runaway rents and out-of-reach home prices typify California’s housing landscape.

To ease extreme costs, there are politicians who say they’re increasingly focused on boosting supply. Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is one.

At a forum on March 8, 2018 in Sacramento, Newsom said California must break down barriers to building because it ranks "49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."

We know building homes in California can be a long, expensive process. But does the state really have the second lowest per capita housing supply in the nation?

​We opened the door on a fact check.

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