What is the general situation with the ISSUE ?
By comparing housing construction time curves since 1921 the highest number of completed apartments date back to the 1971 - 1980, the time of so-called comprehensive housing construction projects. The declining trend which began in the 1980s has continued even after 1990. However, as many as 5,742 units were started in 1997.
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 What is causing the problems ?
See household incomes and expenditures and compare with prices of new dwellings.
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 What is being done to fix the problems ?