71 tools
Is there a housing shortage here?16
Rental Housing Nowcast
Understanding the rental market among single-family and multifamily
Also: How affordable is housing here
New Home Construction and As-Built Density Relationships
Evaluate the relationship among gross living area, current value, as-built density for newly constructed homes
Residential Year Built and Land Use Map
Browse residential properties by year built across the nation
Job and New Construction Growth
Evaluate the relationship at the census tract level between job increases and new home construction
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Job Growth
Evaluate comparative job growth trends for cities and unincorporated areas
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Light Touch Density Supply Estimates
County and city summaries of LTD's potential to add housing supply via infill and greenfield
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Metro Supply & Demand
The relationship at the metro level between housing stock, home price appreciation, and employment growth
New Construction (State and County)
New Construction Trends for States, Metros, and Counties
Housing Playbook Supply Composition by Geography Level
How Following the Housing Playbook Can Help Alleviate the Housing Shortage
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
U.S. Housing Shortage by State, County, and City
Assuming a nationwide shortage of about 6 million homes
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Market Trends Report
The Market Trends Report (MTR) provides current and historical market trends at fine levels of geography.
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
State and County Housing Market Indicators
Comprehensive insights into various housing indicators, including price, supply, new construction activity, and mortgage risk for most of the country
Also: How affordable is housing here
housingdata.app
Data dashboard for the Building Permits Survey - housingdata.app
Housing Supply Case Studies (opens in a new tab)
An ongoing series of deep-dives into housing supply across the nation
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
Investor Owned SFR as a Percentage of County Total SF Stock
Investor Owned SFR as a Percentage of County Total SF Stock: 100+ Units in National Portfolio Size
Rings to Roofs: Marriage & Housing Dashboard
Interactive estimates of how many already-built homes a return to past marriage levels would free, for every U.S. state and metro area.
How affordable is housing here?22
Rental Housing Nowcast
Understanding the rental market among single-family and multifamily
Also: How affordable is housing here
Arbitrage
View where people are moving to and from, buying new homes, and potentially, getting better value.
Also: How affordable is housing here
Light Touch Density Price Chart
Boost middle and low-income housing with Light-touch Density
Also: How affordable is housing here
McMansion Map
The total number of McMansions in the country, with tract and property-level detail as you zoom in.
Home Price Appreciation and Wage Index
Evaluate home price and wage trends across metros
Property Tax Atlas
Property tax rates and revenue returns to building more starter homes
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Home Price Appreciation and Months Supply
Evaluate home price trends across metros and price tiers.
Land Price and Land Share Indicators
Land prices and land's share of home value since 2012, nationally and by zip code in the 100 largest metros
Market Trends Report
The Market Trends Report (MTR) provides current and historical market trends at fine levels of geography.
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
State and County Housing Market Indicators
Comprehensive insights into various housing indicators, including price, supply, new construction activity, and mortgage risk for most of the country
Also: How affordable is housing here
Best and Worst Metro Areas to Be a First-time Homebuyer
This report analyzes over 5 million first-time homebuyer (FTB) sales from 2013 to 2022 for the largest 60 metros. We rank these metros based on their affordability for FTBs by using the ratio of home prices to income for each individual FTB.
Median Rent and Property Value
Charts with information on rents, home values, and homeownership rates across all states broken down by units in structure and year built
Tech Worker Index
Evaluate how affordable different metros are for the average tech worker.
Carpenter Index
Can carpenters afford to buy the houses they build?
Explaining Metro HPA over Time
Understanding the variation in HPA across the top 100 metros for different time periods
Housing Debt to Income (HDTI)
How much income goes to mortgage in the largest 60 metros
Explaining Differences in Metro-level Rates of HPA over Various Periods from 1980 to 2022
We find that the best predictors of Home Price Appreciation (HPA) are total wages*, housing supply, loan leverage, and net migration.
Also: Research reports and presentations
Building More Starter Homes Could Expand Latino Homeownership
Interactive tool identifying, for 16 U.S. metros, the income range where Latino homeownership rises most sharply and the home-price threshold that new construction needs to hit.
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Addressing California's homeownership problem
California is leading the nation in home prices and as a consequence trails on homeownership rate
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
Housing Market Indicators (Largest 400 Metros)
Housing affordability, home price appreciation, and employment statistics for the largest 400 metros.
The Federal Reserve's Housing Market Lessons to Be Learned (Once Again)
How the Fed's prolonged expansionary monetary policy fueled a runaway home price boom, and the lessons it should have learned from the pre-GFC housing cycle.
Also: Research reports and presentations
Age of the First-Time Homebuyer Reports (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly reports tracking the median and average age of first-time homebuyers, based on New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel data.
Which reforms would add homes?18
Across all playbook options9
Housing Center Playbooks
Strong Foundations for Housing and Economic Growth
State Housing Supply Legislation Tracker
Potential homes enabled by current state housing legislation
Housing Playbook Supply Composition by Geography Level
How Following the Housing Playbook Can Help Alleviate the Housing Shortage
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
U.S. Housing Shortage by State, County, and City
Assuming a nationwide shortage of about 6 million homes
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Property Tax Atlas
Property tax rates and revenue returns to building more starter homes
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Addressing California's homeownership problem
California is leading the nation in home prices and as a consequence trails on homeownership rate
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
Housing Supply Case Studies (opens in a new tab)
An ongoing series of deep-dives into housing supply across the nation
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
State Property Rights Constitutional Provisions (opens in a new tab)
Explore property rights provisions in each state constitution.
Resources for Passing Housing Affordability Reform in Your State (opens in a new tab)
How Texans for Reasonable Solutions won major housing reforms in Texas's 2025 session — keynote, slide deck, write-up, and podcast to help advocates in other states follow suit.
Starter homes3
Starter Home Policy Explorer
Explore how different lot-size policies affect starter-home production in your state and county.
Building More Starter Homes Could Expand Latino Homeownership
Interactive tool identifying, for 16 U.S. metros, the income range where Latino homeownership rises most sharply and the home-price threshold that new construction needs to hit.
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Homesteading 2.0 Trifecta: Building Single-Family Detached Homes (SFD) on Smaller Lots and Single-Family Attached Improves Supply, Affordability, and Homeownership
Why small-lot detached homes and townhomes cost less and raise homeownership, using 2000–2024 sales in four metros near federal land
Also: Which reforms would add homes
Light touch density4
Light Touch Density Map
Find America's LTD opportunities
Light Touch Density Supply Estimates
County and city summaries of LTD's potential to add housing supply via infill and greenfield
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Light Touch Density Price Chart
Boost middle and low-income housing with Light-touch Density
Also: How affordable is housing here
Model Light Touch Density Bill
Model legislation for local governments to adopt light touch density policies
Residential in commercial2
Walkable Oriented Development
WOD would bring housing closer to service jobs thereby reducing transportation and housing costs, while freeing up time for other activities such as recreation and child care
Residential in Commercial
Residential in Commercial (RIC) holds the key to sustainable growth
Research reports and presentations13
Explaining Differences in Metro-level Rates of HPA over Various Periods from 1980 to 2022
We find that the best predictors of Home Price Appreciation (HPA) are total wages*, housing supply, loan leverage, and net migration.
Also: Research reports and presentations
MetroSight: The Case for Light Touch Density
Islands of density in a sea of no growth
Missing Middle Housing: A New Frontier
Presented by Terner Center for Housing Innovation
ADU Legalization at Five
What ADU legislation can teach us for the future of land-use reform in California
Los Angeles Housing Conference Video
Using Data to Promote Light Touch Density and Walkable Oriented Development
California Housing Conference EBook
Using Data to Promote Light Touch Density and Walkable Oriented Development
Addressing California's homeownership problem
California is leading the nation in home prices and as a consequence trails on homeownership rate
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
Expanding Housing Supply and Choice
Expanding Housing Supply and Choice with Light-Touch Density and Walkable Oriented Development: Charlotte and Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Walkable Oriented Development (2021)
An Opportunity for an American Renaissance: Walkable Oriented Development
Housing Supply Case Studies (opens in a new tab)
An ongoing series of deep-dives into housing supply across the nation
Also: Which reforms would add homes · Research reports and presentations
Light Touch Density Ebook
A Series of Policy Briefs on Zoning, Land Use, and a Solution to the Nation’s Housing Shortage
Americans Support Practical Starter-Home Reform (opens in a new tab)
A national survey of over 5,200 Americans finds broad public backing for land-use reforms that enable starter homes, including smaller lots and small-scale infill.
The Federal Reserve's Housing Market Lessons to Be Learned (Once Again)
How the Fed's prolonged expansionary monetary policy fueled a runaway home price boom, and the lessons it should have learned from the pre-GFC housing cycle.
Also: Research reports and presentations
Where are people and jobs moving?6
Job and New Construction Growth
Evaluate the relationship at the census tract level between job increases and new home construction
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Job Growth
Evaluate comparative job growth trends for cities and unincorporated areas
Also: Is there a housing shortage here
Arbitrage
View where people are moving to and from, buying new homes, and potentially, getting better value.
Also: How affordable is housing here
Factory Housing Report Card
Where will factory workers live? Grades 73 manufacturing sites from A to F on housing readiness.
IRS Migration Map
Latest year of net domestic moves for every county and state, from IRS tax returns, with arrows to each place's top 20 flows
State Migration Summary
State-by-state table of net migration since 1991 and the income movers took with them, from IRS tax returns
Could federal land help?11
Homesteading 2.0 Map
Mapping the homesteading initiatives that could build 3 million homes on federal land
Media Mentions for Homesteading 2.0, Freedom Cities, and BLM Land (opens in a new tab)
Explore resources on homesteading 2.0, freedom cities, and BLM land.
Homesteading 2.0: A Proposal to Make Housing Affordable Again (opens in a new tab)
An event hosted by AEI and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Homesteading 2.0 Overview: Making Housing Affordable Again, Especially With the Construction of Starter Homes (opens in a new tab)
Keys to a new golden age of homeownership
Homesteading 2.0 (Detailed Overview): Making housing affordable again by focusing on the construction of starter homes
Keys to a new golden age of homeownership
Homesteading 2.0 Trifecta: Building Single-Family Detached Homes (SFD) on Smaller Lots and Single-Family Attached Improves Supply, Affordability, and Homeownership
Why small-lot detached homes and townhomes cost less and raise homeownership, using 2000–2024 sales in four metros near federal land
Also: Which reforms would add homes
BLM Metros with high developable land potential: Screenshots showing federal land constraint
Screenshots of how constrained the following metros are by federally owned land
Homesteading 2.0: BLM should sell the land by auction at market value directly to private developers
Keeping the disposition process short and simple
Commentary: Homesteading 2.0
Edward Pinto and Arthur Gailes in the Las Vegas Review-Journal
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee BLM Land Sales Reconciliation Bill Amendment
An Amendment from Mark Amodei (R-NV) to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee
Freedom Cities: Homesteading for the 21st Century (opens in a new tab)
Reviving America's tradition of new communities through private development
Guides and related toolkits4
Tutorial: HEAT Toolkit
Mastering Local Housing Market Information with AEI's New HEAT Toolkit
Tutorial: Good Neighbors Toolkit
Mastering Local Homeless Displacement Information with AEI's New Good Neighbors Toolkit
Heat AI (Beta)
Explore the AEI Housing Center's publications and the HEAT Toolkit, all in one place.
Good Neighbors Toolkit
Master Local Homeless Displacement Information with AEI's Good Neighbors Toolkit.