Society as a whole is better off with one extra room available during a housing shortage.

Instead, she became a victim of the housing shortage herself.

This has led to a serious shortage of proper housing.

The shortage of affordable housing for young working families is a major problem.

City officials say the problem is not growth but a shortage of affordable housing.

While public use may be preliminary, the city has a housing shortage.

The housing shortage led to the development of many new residential areas.

The problem, actually, was more a shortage of good housing than the wages to pay for it.

The housing shortage, however, hits them as they step off the plane.

All signs of a housing shortage had disappeared by 1963.