Community Housing Services NAICS 624221, 624229
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Industry Summary
The 7,280 Community housing providers in the US offer emergency and transitional housing. Firms may also subsidize housing using existing homes, apartments, hotels, or motels. The industry includes organizations that provide low-cost housing in partnership with the homeowner who assists in construction or repair of a home (Habitat for Humanity) and that repair homes for the elderly or disabled homeowners.
Dependence on Government Funding
The community housing industry is dependent on government funding, which accounts for about 60% of social assistance (over 40% of total revenue).
Shift to Permanent Housing
Government policy that prioritizes ending homelessness quickly has created more permanent housing solutions for the homeless.
Recent Developments
Jan 12, 2026 - Federal Community Development Funding Targeted
- The Trump administration has proposed eliminating most of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) community development spending, according to the CATO Institute. Congress launched many community development programs in the 1960s to aid poor inner cities but federal community development aid is now spread widely to both poor and wealthy areas, according to CATO. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development spent more than $20 billion on community development subsidies in fiscal year 2025, according to CATO. The spending flows to state and local governments for housing projects, welfare programs, disaster aid, sidewalk repairs, pickleball courts, business support, grants to nonprofit groups, and many other activities, according to CATO.
- A national movement called Yes in God’s Backyard (YIGBY) encourages churches to use their land to build affordable housing. The YIGBY movement began when advocates for the unhoused worked with lawmakers to make it easier for churches to build housing without needing local planning board approval. Congregations looking to build affordable housing face a host of financial and procedural hurdles, however, including high impact fees, restrictive land-use regulations such as height and bulk limits, and lengthy approval processes for site plan reviews and permits, according to David Garcia, a researcher at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at University of California Berkeley. These challenges drive up costs and often discourage smaller faith-based organizations from pursuing housing projects.
- The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a Final Rule to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). HOME is the largest federal grant program specifically for creating housing for disadvantaged households. Key changes include reducing the burden on grantees and beneficiaries by streamlining income determinations; simplifying HOME rental housing requirements, making it easier to use HOME for small rental housing projects; better aligning HOME with other federal funding; simplifying tenant based rental assistance (TBRA) and making HOME TBRA work better for tenants, landlords, and participating jurisdictions; and strengthening tenants' rights and protections for occupants of HOME-assisted rental units and recipients of HOME tenant-based rental assistance.
- Community housing service industry employment increased slightly and average wages for nonsupervisory employees decreased slightly during the first eight months of 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Community housing services industry sales are forecast to grow at a 4.94% compounded annual rate from 2025 to 2029, faster than the growth of the overall economy.
Industry Revenue
Community Housing Services
Industry Structure
Industry size & Structure
The average community housing provider employs 17 to 23 workers and generates around $2.9 million annually.
- The community housing industry consists of about 7,280 organizations that employ about 145,926 workers and generate almost $20.8 billion annually.
- The industry is highly fragmented; the top 50 companies account for between 26% and 33% of industry revenue.
- Most organizations are small and independent and operate at a local level. National organizations like Habitat for Humanity are the exception. Almost all organizations (over 95%) are tax-exempt.
- The community housing industry is part of a complex network of emergency shelters, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and public housing.
- Temporary shelters account for 48% of establishments and 44% of revenue. Other types of community housing account for 52% of establishments and 56% of revenue.
- US cities with the largest homeless populations include Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Denver.
Industry Forecast
Industry Forecast
Community Housing Services Industry Growth
Source: Vertical IQ and Inforum
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