Insights, stories, and data for communities that want to act
The connection between housing and homelessness is harder to see than it should be. We help communities see it and agree on what to do next.
The Affordable Housing Insights Hub
Insights
Know what's happening
Housing Distress Index, peer comparisons, forecasts. Analysis that turns numbers into signal, with context so you know what you're looking at.
Stories
Make the case
Data-backed narratives for when you need to align stakeholders, challenge assumptions, or bring people to the table. One-pagers, infographics, explainers, ready to share.
Data
Dig deeper
County-level data on housing, homelessness, population, and economic conditions. For those who want to explore and draw their own conclusions.
Homelessness is a shortage problem.
Individual stories explain who. Market conditions explain how many.
In musical chairs, someone always loses — not because of who they are, but because there aren't enough chairs. If there were enough affordable housing, it would be much harder to fall into homelessness, even for those most at risk.
Health challenges, job loss, domestic violence — these determine who is most vulnerable. But housing availability, affordability, and policy shape how widespread homelessness becomes in a community.
When housing shortages exist, those with the least economic and social capital fall first.
Where you live determines what you face.
Neighboring counties can experience very different levels of homelessness. Those differences follow local housing conditions — cost of rent, availability, how markets function. Any response has to start from understanding the local system.
We helps communities by
Grounding decisions in shared evidence
Base interventions on comprehensive data rather than assumptions
Building understanding through data
Recognize how different factors dominate in different communities
Seeing tradeoffs more clearly
Understand how different policy choices affect housing outcomes
Aligning conversations across sectors
Create common language between housing, homelessness, and policy stakeholders
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Support this work and help build shared data for collective impact.
Volunteer
Contribute your skills to strengthen shared understanding across housing systems.
Talk to us
Let’s talk about your community, your questions, and what clarity could unlock.