Affordable Housing Research & Data
Texas is short 864,000 affordable homes, and nearly half of renters are cost-burdened. Without strong housing policy, economic growth slows and communities suffer with costly impacts to local and state budgets and negative impacts to workforce growth, healthcare stability, and education outcomes.
2026 Texas Voter Housing Survey Report
The Build Texas Report brings together statewide polling, housing research, economic analysis, and public policy insights to examine the growing impact of housing affordability across Texas.
Developed to inform policymakers, business leaders, community organizations, and Texans alike, the report explores why affordable rental housing matters to the state’s economy, workforce, healthcare system, and long-term competitiveness.
EXPLORE WHAT TEXANS ARE SAYING ABOUT:
How Affordable Housing Shapes Our Future
Explore research on how affordable housing is connected to local economic and workforce development, health, education, transportation, infrastructure, and other areas of public policy. Together, these studies show how housing affordability shapes community priorities and outcomes.
Economic and Workforce Development
Health Outcomes & Impacts to Cost
Affordable Housing & Infrastructure Costs
Affordable Housing in the Suburbs
Affordable Housing and Education
Stakeholder Resources
TAAHP has put together resources for members, stakeholders and policy makers to help advocate and educate decision makers in order to promote sound, common sense, effective affordable housing policy in Texas.
Affordable Housing Studies
Worst Case Housing Needs 2023 Report to Congress
As the U.S. population expanded between 1978 and 2021, the nation's very low-income renters increased by nearly 81 percent, from 10.7 million to 19.3 million—but HUD's estimate of households experiencing worst case needs increased 115 percent, from 4.0 million to 8.5 million, based on the most recent report.
Integrating Housing and Education Solutions to Reduce Segregation and Drive School Equity
This report lays out a through line between housing policies and practices, inequitable school resources, and inequitable educational outcomes.
Gap Report: Texas ranks the 6th worst state in the nation for affordable housing
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report recently released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), finds a state-wide shortage of 674,648 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renter households – those with incomes at or below 30% of AMI.
Report provides framework for state and local governments to reduce energy costs for low-income households
A report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, seeks to guide state and local governments and utility agencies in identifying opportunities for equitably greening rental properties that are appropriate to their area’s particular mix of housing stock, renter demographics, and available resources.
NLIHC Releases the 2022 Out of Reach Report
The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released its annual Out of Reach report. Out of Reach documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States.
Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies Releases its annual The State of the Nation’s Housing 2022
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report in June.
Texas A&M Real Estate Center Releases April 2022 Texas Housing Insight Report
Texas A&M summarizes important economic indicators that help discern trends in Texas housing markets in its April 2022 report.
New Report and Resources Highlight Housing Investments Made with State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
New NLIHC Report and Resources Highlight Housing Investments Made with State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
HousingWorks’ releases 2021 District-by-District and Austin at a Glance Analysis
HousingWorks Austin published their seventh version of the Austin City Council District-by-District and Community at a Glance Housing Analysis.
Upcoming TAAHP Events
TAAHP offers a variety of events and education opportunities throughout the year for industry professionals, policy makers and stakeholders to stay up-to-date with important information impacting the affordable housing industry in Texas.
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