Building Affordable Housing Smarter: North Carolina’s Housing Crisis & Sustainable Nationwide Solutions

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:04:39 +0000

North Carolina faces a significant affordable housing crisis. As of 2023, the state has a shortage of 207,837 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income (ELI) households. More than 70% of these renters, and nearly a quarter of middle-class renters are spending over half of their income on housing costs, according to the North Carolina Housing Coalition. Nearly a quarter of middle-class households face the same squeeze. Traditional site-built construction methods are increasingly inadequate to meet this demand.