Annual Housing Need & Affordability Reports
No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters
To understand housing issues at a local level, it's helpful to understand housing broadly. Annual housing reports like these provide trustworthy analysis and reporting on national and regional economies, demography and housing, and track government policies that affect the region’s housing market.
State of the Nation’s Housing 2025
Prepared by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
A comprehensive annual assessment showing that record-high home prices, risingrents and cost burdens have pushed U.S. housing affordability and market activity tohistorically strained levels for renters and buyers alike.
Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025
Prepared by The Boston Foundation, Boston Indicators, and Boston University Initiative on Cities
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Annual data-driven assessment of housing in the Greater Boston region showing that despite increases in new housing completions, home prices and rents remain high, affordability challenges persist, and future supply is threatened by declining permitting—while also exploring how communities are responding to state housing policy goals.
The GAP, A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2025
Prepared by the National Low Income Housing Coalition
An annual national analysis showing a shortfall of about 7.1 million rental homes thatare both affordable and available to extremely low-income renters, leaving just ~35 unitsper 100 such households and driving widespread severe cost burdens whileunderscoring the need for targeted federal housing investments.