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Wajeeh Khan

There Is No Housing Shortage: What Legendary Investor Michael Burry Really Thinks Is Wrong with the U.S. Housing Market

Michael Burry, the investor renowned for his prescient bet against the U.S. housing market before the 2008 financial crisis, has publicly challenged the conventional narrative that America faces a housing shortage. 

In his recent social media post, Burry argued the United States already leads the world in residential square footage per capita — a metric he believes fundamentally undercuts the shortage framing that dominates policy discussions. 

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