Regional Needs Assessments and Market Analyses
All Tennesseans ideally would have a full continuum of housing options available in their communities, from supportive housing to market-rate homeownership. A full continuum of housing options available enables households to move rightward more easily toward greater levels of housing stability and wealth. In addition, a full continuum of housing options ensures households who experience hardships can move leftward without necessitating housing instability.
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency, on behalf of the State of Tennessee, conducted a housing needs assessment and market analysis for each of Tennessee’s nine development districts as part of the State’s 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan. The assessment included analysis of publically available data, like the American Community Survey (ACS) and Comprehensive Housing Affordbility Strategy (CHAS), as well as the results of a survey of Tennesseans’ housing needs and focus groups on housing affordability, homelessness, and fair housing.
The regional findings are in the workbooks below:
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the East Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the First Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Greater Nashville Regional Council – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Midsouth Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Northwest Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the South Central Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Southeast Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Southwest Tennessee Development District – March 2025
Housing Needs and Market Analysis for the Upper Cumberland Development District – March 2025
Video recordings of THDA’s presentations at the regional housing needs meetings are also available:
Housing Needs Meeting for East Tennessee – August 14, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for First Tennessee – August 14, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for the Greater Nashville Regional Council – August 6, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for Midsouth Tennessee – August 8, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for Northwest Tennessee – August 8, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for South Central Tennessee – August 14, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for Southeast Tennessee – August 13, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for Southwest Tennessee – August 13, 2024
Housing Needs Meeting for Upper Cumberland Tennessee – August 12, 2024
Housing Indicators
THDA’s Housing Indicators is a GIS tool designed to help users explore and interact with a range of housing-related metrics for Tennessee’s 95 counties. Users can explore trends in Tennessee’s population, households, renter housing and households, owner housing and households, overall housing stock, home sales, transportation, and experiences of cost burden.
