Housing Supply Resource Center

The following is a curated list of key reports, data, and policy recommendations.  Please send us additional suggestions for resources that provide key insights, data, and suggestions related to increasing housing supply.

 

Market Overviews and Analyses

The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

America’s Housing Affordability Crisis and the Decline of Housing Supply, Brookings Institute

Expert Voices 2025: Access to Sustainable and Affordable Housing, Penn Institute for Urban Research

The Market Alone Can’t Fix the U.S. Housing Crisis, Harvard Business Review   

Housing Affordability & Supply Report, National Association of Realtors

How Does the Federal Government Support Housing, Urban Institute

Who Owns America? The Mapping of Corporate Ownership of Residential Land, Lincoln Institute
 

Policy Reports

The State of Housing in America, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Build Baby Build, Center for American Progress

NHC Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report, National Housing Conference

NLIHC Housing Affordability Gap Report, National Low Income Housing Coalition

Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2026, Mercatus Center at George Mason University      

Housing Underproduction in the US, Up for Growth

Federal Policy Opportunities to Expand Housing Supply, National Housing Supply Summit 2025

Playbooks

State and Local Housing Action Plan, National Housing Crisis Taskforce

Housing Accelerator Playbook, National League of Cities & American Planning Association

Strong Foundations: Playbook for Housing & Economic Growth, American Enterprise Institute 

Build the Middle Playbook, Zillow and Casita Coalition

The Little Book, Ivory Innovations

Market Data

2025-2030 Five-Year Housing Market Predictions, U.S. News & World Report

Zillow Home Value Index Report, Zillow Research        

RealPage Apartment Market Report, RealPage Inc.

Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends, National Association of Realtors

Lumber Prices, National Association of Home Builders

Housing Starts, National Association of Home Builders

Building Permits, National Association of Home Builders

Mortgage Interest Rates, National Association of Home Builders