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With a shortage of at least 3.8 million homes, the housing crisis in the United States does not show much sign of improvement. Comparing the situation to just a year ago, VC firm Gutter Capital notes that even… It got worse In some ways, chief among them is investment.
“[I]“Investor interest in the once-cold housing market has froze,” managing partner James Gettinger wrote. “While high interest rates were no match for the shortage of housing supply, they were more than enough to scare off venture capital investors. Proptech funds have told us they are only investing in software now. It is unfortunate that software cannot build homes.
In contrast, Gutter Capital still stands by thesis It was phrased one year ago as follows: “There is a historic opportunity today to invest in companies that are accelerating housing development in the United States.”