Affordable Housing Research and Data for Texas

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:

>> Their household economic status

>>The impact of household cost burdens

>>Housing affordability

>>Support for affordable housing programs

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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.

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.

Advocacy Toolkit

Texas QAP & TDHCA Resources

Resources for Policy Makers

Affordable Housing Studies

Study: Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Home Building

Technological innovation in homebuilding has been a research topic at HUD since the 1970s. Building Even Better Homes: Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Home Building reevaluates the significant findings of Building Better Homes. The report uses history and experience as a guide for what role HUD might play in fostering building technology innovation in the future. The report documents prior efforts and what we learned regarding successes and failures.

Study: Paycheck to Paycheck – Building Homes Affordable to Home Builders

Housing affordability was a major issue for nearly every income bracket during 2018 and is likely to be a growing problem for years to come. A supply-driven affordable housing crisis ultimately can only be addressed by more housing supply that is affordable to more people. The 2018 edition of “Paycheck to Paycheck” focuses on the affordability challenges workers face in five job categories in the construction industry.

Study: The State of the Nation’s Housing 2019

From Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University: Just as the recent housing downturn was longer and deeper than any other since the Great Depression, the residential construction rebound has been slower. Since reaching bottom in 2011 at just 633,000 new units, additions to the housing stock have grown at an average annual rate of just 10 percent. Despite these steady gains, completions and placements totaled only 1.2 million units last year—the lowest annual production, excluding 2008–2018, going back to 1982.

Study: Texas Households Must Earn $20.29 per hour to Afford a Two-Bedroom Apartment

A worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in Texas must work 112 hours per week (more than 2 full-time jobs) to afford a two-bedroom rental home.

Survey: Central Texans worry Affordable Housing shortage will push older adults out

AGE of Central Texas, a regional nonprofit organization delivering services, education, and assistance to older adults and family caregivers, surveyed residents to better understand the region’s perceptions about aging.

ITEX Group and Austin Housing Authority Announce the Grand Opening of Gaston Place

Gaston Place is a senior community owned by HACA. The development was initially built in 1978 to provide housing to the elderly (62 or older), disabled, or those displaced by natural disasters. Michael Gerber, CEO, and President of HACA, will commemorate the celebration with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. on May 22.

Lack of affordable rent plagues cities across the United States

Houston makes list of top least affordable cities in the U.S. New research by USC housing experts reveals lack of affordable rent is a bigger problem than previously realized, not only in big coastal cities but across much of the United States.

Study: Rural Affordable Rental Housing

Despite the need for affordable rental housing in rural communities identified, resources made available by the federal government are at a low point.

Strategies for Sustainable Growth in Community Land Trusts

This report aims to fill gaps between the obstacles that have stymied the growth of CLTs and the strategies used by CLTs who have expanded their housing portfolios.

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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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