AREUEA Policy Forum

The AREUEA Policy Forum aims to build bridges between research and policy making in real estate and urban policy.

Panel Discussion: "The State of U.S. Housing Supply: Hearing from Policy, Industry and Research Perspectives”

May 28, 2025 | 11:30am - 1:00pm CT | AREUEA National Conference

Featured Research:

Resources

Academic

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, and Gilles Duranton. Housing Supply and Housing Affordability. No. w33694. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025.

Cheshire, Paul, Christian AL Hilber, and Hans RA Koster. "Empty homes, longer commutes: the unintended consequences of more restrictive local planning." Journal of Public Economics 158 (2018): 126-151.

Glaeser, Edward, and Joseph Gyourko. "The economic implications of housing supply." Journal of economic perspectives 32.1 (2018): 3-30.

Jackson, Kristoffer. "Do land use regulations stifle residential development? Evidence from California cities." Journal of urban economics 91 (2016): 45-56.

Kok, Nils, Paavo Monkkonen, and John M. Quigley. "Land use regulations and the value of land and housing: An intra-metropolitan analysis." Journal of Urban Economics 81 (2014): 136-148.

Mayer, Christopher J., and C. Tsuriel Somerville. "Land use regulation and new construction." Regional Science and Urban Economics 30.6 (2000): 639-662.

Metcalf, Gabriel. "Sand castles before the tide? Affordable housing in expensive cities." Journal of Economic Perspectives 32.1 (2018): 59-80.

Molloy, Raven. "The effect of housing supply regulation on housing affordability: A review." Regional science and urban economics 80.100 (2020): 1-5.

Quigley, John M., and Steven Raphael. "Is housing unaffordable? Why isn't it more affordable?." Journal of Economic Perspectives 18.1 (2004): 191-214.

Sánchez, Aida Caldera, and Åsa Johansson. "The price responsiveness of housing supply in OECD countries." (2011).

Saiz, Albert. "The geographic determinants of housing supply." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 125.3 (2010): 1253-1296.

Schuetz, Jenny. "No renters in my suburban backyard: Land use regulation and rental housing." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28.2 (2009): 296-320.

Policy

Ganz, Scott, and Lynn M. Fisher. "Will homebuilding finally evolve? Lessons from the American experience with factory-built housing." AEI Economic Perspectives (2019).

Glaeser, Edward, and Joseph Gyourko. “America’s Housing Affordability Crisis and the Decline of Housing Supply.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Conference Draft. March 27-28 2025. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/6_Glaeser-Gyourko.pdf

Urban Institute: A Roadmap to Address America’s Housing Crisis https://www.urban.org/projects/road-map-address-americas-housing-crisis/expand-housing-supply

Information on Institutional Investment in Single-Family Homes, Report to Congressional Committees, 2024.

Rebuilding the American Dream: Policy Approaches to Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing Congressional Testimony, 2024

US Housing Supply: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations, 2023, Congress.

Industry Groups

NAHB: 5 Key Supply Headwinds https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/03/5-key-supply-side-headwinds-hurt-housing-supply-nahb-tells-congress

Engelhardt, Gary V. Who Will Buy the Baby Boomers’ Homes When They Leave Them? An Update. MBA Research Institute for Housing America Special Report, 2024.

We Are Apartments: Barriers to Apartment Construction Index

Media/ Podcasts

Econlib: Jenny Schuetz on Land Use Regulation and the Housing Market

Construction Industry Braces for One-Two Punch: Tariffs and Deportations

The AREUEA Policy Forum aims to build bridges between research and policy making in real estate and urban policy.