California Housing Permits

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Column chart displaying, from 1988 through 2006, the number of single-family housing permits issued in: 1988: 162,167 1989: 162,651 1990: 103,819 1991: 73,809 1992: 76,187 1993: 69,901 1994: 77,115 1995: 68,689 1996: 74,923 1997: 84,780 1998: 94,298 1999: 101,711 2000: 105,595 2001: 106,902 2002: 123,865 2003: 138,762 2004: 151,417 2005: 155,322 first 10 months of 2006: 108,762; and the number of multi-family housing permits issued in: 1988: 93,392 1989: 75,096 1990: 60,494 1991: 32,110 1992: 21,220 1993: 14,755 1994: 19,932 1995: 16,604 1996: 19,360 1997: 26,936 1998: 31,409 1999: 38,426 2000: 42,945 2001: 41,855 2002: 43,896 2003: 56,920 2004: 61,543 2005: 53,650 first 10 months of 2006: 56,869.