> And at least in America, immigrant households seem to be denser than native-born ones.

Answer true or false. One couple+one child requires less housing (in the short-to-medium term) than one couple+one immigrant.

> One couple+one child requires less housing (in the short-to-medium term) than one couple+one immigrant

If two couples and two children take up one unit of housing while providing three units of labour, that’s more space efficient than the one couple + one child if even both parents work.

This sort of napkin math doesn’t work for these problems. Particularly when we’re essentially debating elasticity with respect to demand versus supply.