The RAND Housing Center identifies ways to make housing more affordable and abundant by conducting research aimed at lowering housing production costs, understanding the effects of housing regulations, and improving the effectiveness of the housing safety net.
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Despite a marked increase in funding and policymaking aimed addressing housing affordability, real housing costs are at or near all-time highs across much of the country. In 2024, more than 711,000 people were counted as experiencing homelessness in the U.S., a 25 percent increase since 2019.
The RAND Housing Center brings together interdisciplinary research teams and focused, effective research designs to help address the crisis of housing affordability and stability by generating non-partisan, unbiased evidence on our most pressing housing policy questions.
Learn more about the centerFor general inquiries, email housing@rand.org or fill out the form below.
