The State of the Nation’s Housing 2023

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University’s annual report assesses the state of the rental and homeownership markets.

Demographic drivers to homeownership, housing demand and increase of housing construction, and financial inequalities and wealth gaps that continue to impact access to housing.

Topics include:

  • Cooling of the housing market
  • Household growth likely to slow
  • Higher costs push homeownership out of reach for first-time buyers
  • Residential mobility is shifting geography of housing demand
  • Unsheltered homelessness rises.