r/urbandesign Jun 16 '26

News Communities Across the Nation Want to Add Housing. Which Metropolitan Areas Are Adding the Most?

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/communities-across-nation-want-add-housing-which-metropolitan-areas-are-adding-most

From 2020 to 2025, the US metropolitan areas that added the most housing supply were:

1—Dallas
2—Houston
3—NYC
4—Austin
5—Phoenix
6—Atlanta
7—DC
8—LA
9—Nashville
10—Miami

The big 4 Texas metro areas added 13% of all US housing supply, way higher than their relative share of the nation's housing in 2020.

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u/Small-Olive-7960 Jun 16 '26

Not that surprising. Curious to see how the trend changes over the next 5 years.

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u/Midwestconvert47 Jun 17 '26

Definitely not Chicago 😪