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Building Michigan Homes

Building Michigan Homes

Tracking Our Progress

In 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer set a bold statewide goal: build or rehabilitate 75,000 homes in five years.

Thanks to strong statewide collaboration, Michigan reached that goal ahead of schedule. In 2024, the governor announced an updated five-year target of 115,000 homes by end of fiscal year 2026.

This page tracks progress toward that goal using building permit data, a key indicator of housing production.

By building more housing, Michigan can expand supply and help lower costs, strengthen communities in every region, and attract and retain the talent needed to grow our economy.

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Building Permit Graphic Last 12 Months
 

(NOTE: Residential buildings are buildings containing one or more housing units. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building, and which have a direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. Exclusions to the counts include group quarters (e.g., dormitories, jails, nursing homes), other structures on residential property (e.g., sheds, garages), residential additions and alterations, and maintenance and repair.

A downward adjuster of 5% has been applied to the counts to reflect that, on average, approximately 5% of residential buildings that are permitted, aren’t finished.

Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (updated monthly).

Building Permit Graphic By Quarter

 

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
January - 1,283 1,128 1,045 1,102 1,176
February - 1,321 958 1,335 1,394 1,301
March - 2,098 1,651 1,449 1,810 1,545
April - 1,865 1,604 1,601 1,947 1,864
May - 2,267 1,533 1,962 1,944 2,012
June - 1,932 1,811 1,668 2,240 2,139
July - 1,548 1,789 1,645 2,173 -
August - 2,324 2,183 2,004 2,122 -
September - 1,628 1,606 1,873 2,348 -
October 1,889 1,517 1,676 2,302 2,427 -
November 1,682 975 1,672 1,662 1,416 -
December 1,516 1,176 1,671 1,421 1,504 -
TOTALS 5,087 19,934 19,282 19,967 22,427 10,037