Housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.793 million in March, an increase of 0.3% compared with February and an increase of 3.9% compared with March 2021, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Starts of single‐family, detached homes were at a rate of 1.2 million, a decrease of 1.7% compared with February, while starts of multifamily homes (five units or