NAHRO Releases the 2025 Edition of the NAHRO 360: Secure Homes, Strong Communities Report
July 18, 2025 — NAHRO is proud to announce the release of the third edition of the “NAHRO 360 Report” — Secure Homes, Strong Communities: A 360-Degree View of America’s Housing and Community Development Programs. This comprehensive publication offers a data-driven snapshot of the current landscape of federal rental assistance and community development programs across the country. Our 2025 report also includes state-level data as well as the premiere of the NAHRO Housing Data Dashboard. You can also join us for a special edition of our Housing Update from Washington on July 31, focused on the report. Register today!
The 2025 “NAHRO 360 Report” compiles and contextualizes a wide range of existing data to explore the performance, outcomes, and trends of federally assisted rental housing, affordable housing construction and preservation, homelessness initiatives, and community development efforts. By analyzing this information, the report identifies key policy implications to inform federal legislative and regulatory actions.
Federal housing and community development programs — including public housing, the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), support low- and moderate-income families while fueling local economies. These programs improve health, education, and employment outcomes and reduce public costs related to eviction and homelessness. Despite growing needs and rising costs, these programs remain effective. Sustained federal support is critical to meet the country’s affordable housing challenges and ensure long-term community stability and economic opportunity.
As housing needs evolve, the report underscores the urgent need for significant investments in affordable housing construction and preservation. Addressing the nation’s housing challenges requires coordinated efforts from Congress, policymakers, and stakeholders in the housing sector to prioritize federal affordable housing initiatives, allocate sufficient funding, and implement effective strategies to increase housing supply and affordability. The work completed by Public Housing Agencies and redevelopment agencies is effective and is only growing more important each year. Continued support of these programs is critical as we face new affordability challenges across the country.