10k Homes by 2030
The future of Memphis takes shape in its neighborhoods. When families don’t have quality and accessible housing options, the effects reach beyond any one address: families lose stability, businesses lose customers, and communities lose investment. Memphis has lost population, rents and home values have risen faster than incomes, and household sizes are smaller, yet the demand for more homes persists. Meeting that need means offering choices for different incomes and stages of life—so finding a first apartment, raising a family, or downsizing does not require leaving the city.
Adding 10,000 new and restored units to the landscape is one measurable part of the response. The City must also protect existing homes, expand affordability, and align land, infrastructure, financing, and local builders to get the right homes built in the right places.
39%
of households are people living alone66%
of housing units are single-family homesSources: City of Memphis June 2026 housing presentation and preliminary 2026 State of Housing findings. Photo: Malone Park Commons community tour, via Strong Towns.A clear measure
What counts?
The goal tracks completed housing units through new construction or rehabilitation. The count measures units inside Memphis city limits from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2030. Qualifying units include affordable and market-rate development.
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The goal includes both affordable and market-rate homes, expanding quality housing choices for residents across income levels. Subsidized affordable units are captured and reported as part of the production data.
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New dwelling units with completed permits, including new construction, accessory dwelling units, rebuilt homes, and eligible conversions qualify toward the goal. Rehabilitation includes units returned from uninhabitable to livable condition.
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Although preservation is key to maintaining the existing housing stock, renovations, repairs and upgrades to livable units do not qualify toward the goal.
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Units are counted toward the goal once they reach completion status in the permitting system.
Progress toward 10,000
What counts?
The goal tracks completed housing units through new construction or rehabilitation. The count measures units inside Memphis city limits from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2030. Qualifying units include affordable and market-rate development.
Places taking shape
Housing looks like
many things.
Tilman Cove
BUILD WITH US ↗ Groundbreakers connects development partners to publicly available properties across Memphis.
Explore the City
From neighborhood-scale cottages to mixed-income communities, Memphis builders are creating more ways to call this city home.
Belle Mont
See where Memphis
can grow.
The project map will show verified campaign locations when the public dataset is ready. Groundbreakers’ available properties are open to explore now.
Places taking shape
Housing looks like
many things.
From neighborhood-scale cottages to mixed-income communities, Memphis builders are creating more ways to call this city home.
Join the work
It takes all of us.
Developers
Build more housing choices.
Residents
Stay informed & involved.
Whether you need a home, build one, own land, or can bring resources, there is a way to follow the work and help shape it.
Funders & Partners
Help close the housing gap.
Property Owners
Put the property to use.
Stay Connected
New homes.
Shared progress.
Stay Connected
See what’s happening.
Find upcoming City housing events and community conversations.
Follow the people and places behind the goal.
Housing Report
Get the fuller picture.
The State of Housing report will bring the data, challenges, and recommendations together when published.