A flourishing local housing market that meets the current and future needs of a range of households is essential for economic sustainability.
This website and interactive housing shortage map offer Floridians a data-driven tool to address their local housing problems. Developed by housing economists for the DeVoe L. Moore Center at Florida State University, the Florida Policy Project, and Reason Foundation, the tool allows residents and elected officials to see local-level housing trends, track shortages in single-family and rental units, and understand whether their local market has been in balance, surplus, or deficit over time.
Citizens and policymakers alike can see how deeply the housing shortage cuts into their communities—and why fixing Florida’s broken housing system is no longer optional. Local profiles also provide tangible recommendations for policy reform and highlight best practices at the county level.
The DeVoe L. Moore Center is an interdisciplinary, applied public policy research and teaching center in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University that examines the role of the private sector in addressing pressing concerns relevant to Florida. The center utilizes a market-oriented lens to analyze, develop, and propose policy recommendations and guidance for policymakers at the state and local levels.
Florida Policy Project is a Florida-based think tank and policy bank. FPP focuses on best practice research for public policy in four pillars: housing affordability, insurance, criminal justice reform, and transportation. A not-for-profit organization, FPP advances evidence-based policies and practices, conducts rigorous research, and provides education to policymakers and the general public on critical issues facing the state.
Reason Foundation is a public policy think tank focused on practical free-market solutions to housing policy, among other issues.