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Affordable Housing National Reports
Information is developed through a combination of original research studies, and reference to secondary sources. Our manner of resourcing and compiling information is defined within this section.
Affordable Housing National Reports
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Matrix Affordable Housing National Report-July 2026
An analysis of the rent collection rate at affordable housing properties, a newly available metric in Yardi Matrix, found a wide disparity depending upon state and local policies. The latest Matrix affordable housing bulletin reveals which markets are doing well, which are not, and why it matters.
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Matrix Affordable Housing National Report-June 2026
Increased funding and the national focus on affordability is boosting fully affordable housing supply at a time when multifamily starts are slowing. An analysis of Yardi Matrix’s affordable property database finds that California, Texas and New York are leading the way in projected deliveries.
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Matrix Affordable Housing National Report-April 2026
A fresh analysis of Yardi Matrix’s affordable housing database finds that location and tax designations play a critical role in determining new construction and preservation strategies for owners, developers and operators.
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Matrix Affordable Housing Report-January 2026
Federal legislation passed in 2025 should increase affordable housing production in Opportunity Zones and Difficult Development Areas, which target underserved and low-income environments.
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Matrix Affordable Housing Report-October 2025
Slowing growth in expenses such as insurance and maintenance and strong income gains have boosted net income of affordable multifamily properties in 2025. Yet challenges are on the horizon, such as potential cuts to tenant aid, a flare-up of expense growth and non-payment of rent.
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Matrix Affordable Housing Report-September 2025
This analysis of Yardi Matrix’s 3.5-million-unit affordable housing database reveals the factors that impact performance and the competition with market rate properties. We also examine factors that lead to varying levels of competitiveness between affordable and market rate properties by market and submarket across the country.
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Matrix Affordable Housing Report-July 2025
This new bulletin defines and quantifies the number of fully affordable multifamily properties that use federal, state and local subsidy programs in Yardi Matrix’s 26,000-property database. The bulletin also enumerates challenges and opportunities the affordable sector faces today.
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Matrix National Affordable Housing Report-May 2025
Yardi Matrix’s latest affordable housing research bulletin examines more than $115 billion of loans backed by fully affordable multifamily properties. The report explores which types of lenders are most active, when loans are maturing, borrower types, loan volume by market and whether increased distress is likely.
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Matrix Research Bulletin-Affordable Housing Report-March 2025
This latest research piece in Yardi Matrix’s series on affordable housing finds that over the next decade hundreds of thousands of multifamily units in the U.S. built via the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) are reaching the end of their compliance periods. The bulletin tracks the expiration periods by state and examines the factors that will determine whether the properties will remain affordable.
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Matrix Research Bulletin-Affordable-November 2024
In this first-ever report on expense and income growth in the affordable housing sector, Yardi Matrix concludes that both have grown at above-trend levels in 2024. The report uses numbers from Matrix’s new affordable housing database to examine affordable housing performance and trends that will impact the sector’s future.
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Matrix Research Bulletin-Affordable-October 2024
The affordability crisis has put a spotlight on the need for more affordable housing, and this Yardi Matrix analysis provides insight into why some markets are more successful at producing housing that fits the budgets of cost-burdened households.