According to a recent post by Eye on Housing, “multifamily growth pushed overall housing starts higher in June, while single-family production remained sluggish as elevated mortgage rates, rising construction costs and persistent labor shortages continued to weigh on the market.” A report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau shows that overall housing starts rose by 19 percent in June. In addition, “[m]ultifamily starts, which include apartment buildings and condominiums, rose 76.2% from May to June to an annualized 532,000 pace.”