<span>A combination of decreased homebuilding during the Depression and World War II coupled with the return of millions of veterans at the end of the war created the worst housing shortage in this country's history. Wilson Wyatt, the federal government's new Housing Expediter, estimated that 3 million houses needed to be built between 1946 and 1947. The demand for most of these homes was among low and middle income families. Many looked to prefabrication as a solution, believing that manufacturing and technical advances generated by the war would result in homes rolling off production lines by the million.</span>
Paul Revere. ... He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Demography is important in planning for the future as it allows experts and policy makers to study the changes in population and respond appropriately through policies that reflect these changes. For instance, they can be able to plan appropriately on how to handle the aging in terms of pensions and welfare
