US FAMILIES LIVING IN A HOUSING CRISIS W/O A VIABLE SOLUTION
(2023 American Community Survey Cost Burdened Families)
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38,737,803
(2023 American Community Survey Cost Burdened Families)
200 CITIES
WITH HOUSING
SHORTAGE CRISES
220 of 530 = 41% of Metro Statistical Areas (MSA) face increasing and “unfixable” supply and affordability shortages of greater than 25K+ homes.
25,000 +
COST-BURDENED
FAMILIES IN CRISES
25K up to 3M in a single MSA = “House Poor Families” at ALL INCOMES, in ALL COMMUNITIES, spending 30% to 50%+ of their take-home pay struggling to live.
35 +
YEARS OF DISTRESS
DISINVESTMENT CRISES
15,727 Distressed Census Tracts are rippling out from Downtown Central Business Districts. These “qualified census tracts,” formally designated in 1990, originate from disinvested redlines of 1932. (HUD 2025 QCT)
EVERGREEN HOME PRODUCTION
Facing increasing and “unfixable” supply and affordability shortages in the tens of thousands w/ decades of failed policies and lack-luster improvements that haven’t solved the shortage.
10 YEAR PRODUCTION MINIMUM
+ A “Housing Economy In A Box”
with minimum production over ten years that includes advanced manufacturing, integrated capital, modular development, and community reinvestment.
CRITICAL MASS PRODUCTION GOAL
Target production goal for your city of enough Scale-Free Homes for cost-burdened families to reach a tipping point that transforms your city’s housing market.