U.S. Multi-Family Housing Starts Jump 76% In June While Single-Family Stalls
Overall housing starts climbed 19% to a 1.427 million annual rate in June, single-family units barely moved at 895,000.
- Multi-family starts, five or more units, jumped to 513,000 from 291,000, a 76.3% rise.
- Single-family starts slipped 0.2% to 895,000, the segment measuring ordinary owner-occupied home demand.
- Total housing starts hit 1,427,000 units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Census/HUD reported.
Why it matters: One month of apartment starts does not remake a renter nation; owner-occupied construction barely moved at all.
U.S. Census Bureau/HUD, Monthly New Residential Construction, June 2026 (CB26-119) ↗ · Jul 17, 20267/17/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check