The Housing and Economic Analysis Toolkit

Housing Center Playbooks

Strong Foundations for Housing and Economic Growth

New Home Construction and As-Built Density Relationships

Evaluate the relationship among gross living area, current value, as-built density for newly constructed homes

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

Light Touch Density Supply Estimates

County and city summaries of LTD's potential to add housing supply via infill and greenfield

Light Touch Density Price Chart

Boost middle and low-income housing with Light-touch Density

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

U.S. Housing Shortage by State, County, and City

Assuming a nationwide shortage of about 6 million homes

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

Home Price Appreciation and Wage Index

Evaluate home price and wage trends across metros

Home Price Appreciation and Months Supply

Evaluate home price trends across metros and price tiers.

Land Price and Land Share Indicators

Land share by zip code

Market Trends Report

The Market Trends Report (MTR) provides current and historical market trends at fine levels of geography.

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

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

Housing Market Indicators (Largest 400 Metros)

Housing affordability, home price appreciation, and employment statistics for the largest 400 metros.

Job and New Construction Growth

Evaluate the relationship at the census tract level between job increases and new home construction

Job Growth

Evaluate comparative job growth trends for cities and unincorporated areas

Arbitrage

View where people are moving to and from, buying new homes, and potentially, getting better value.

Factory Housing Report Card

View where people are moving to and from, buying new homes, and potentially, getting better value.

State Migration Summary

State migration flows based off of IRS data

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

Explore resources on homesteading 2.0, freedom cities, and BLM land.

Homesteading 2.0: A Proposal to Make Housing Affordable Again

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

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

Building Single-Family Detached Homes (SFD) on Smaller Lots and Single-Family Attached Improves Supply, Affordability, and Homeownership

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

Reviving America's tradition of new communities through private development

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.

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

Model Light Touch Density Bill

Model legislation for local governments to adopt light touch density policies

Addressing California's homeownership problem

California is leading the nation in home prices and as a consequence trails on homeownership rate

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

housingdata.app

Data dashboard for the Building Permits Survey - housingdata.app

Housing Supply Case Studies

An ongoing series of deep-dives into housing supply across the nation

Light Touch Density Ebook

A Series of Policy Briefs on Zoning, Land Use, and a Solution to the Nation’s Housing Shortage

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.

State Property Rights Constitutional Provisions

Explore property rights provisions in each state constitution.

Good Neighbors Toolkit

Master Local Homeless Displacement Information with AEI's Good Neighbors Toolkit.