United States of Housing
Annual Assessment of Homeownership and Housing Affordability
This year’s report focuses on telelling the story of the nation’s growing housing crisis.
Since 2018, Housing Affordability Institute has been working to help address housing affordability and access challenges.
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Commentary: Housing Production Lags, Why This Matters
Recently, Housing Affordability Institute released the latest edition of its United States of Housing annual report, looking at the state of the housing market in 2025. The feature story looked at America’s declining housing production. Since 2021, when housing permits had their post-Great Financial Crisis peak, total permits in the U.S. have fallen 18%. While…
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Featured in HousingWire: The Case for Reforming America’s Building Codes
ICYMI: In a new HousingWire op-ed, Housing Affordability Institute Executive Director Nick Erickson outlines building code reforms.
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Reaction: June Housing Data Shows Mixed Signals for America’s Housing Supply
The pace of permits for new housing declined 3 percent in June, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Building Permit Survey data released this morning.
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America’s Declining Housing Production
Instead of reaching a new cruising altitude, a level at which the nation could finally produce enough homes to close the housing shortage, production in many states and in the country as a whole has declined.
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REPORT: BUILDING BETTER BUILDING CODES
Affordability-centric building code reforms require reforms at both the local adoption and model code development levels.
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REPORT: CHASING PERFECTION
Energy codes focus on making the most efficient homes in history even more efficient, while neglecting older homes, which make up the majority of the nation’s housing stock.
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WHITE PAPER: HOMEOWNERSHIP
Homeownership’s Enduring Value examines how the American Dream improves the lives of homeowners, builds communities and is essential to the American identity.