Sixteen Percent of NAHB Members Built Age Restricted Housing in 2025
The share of home builders constructing age-restricted housing dropped slightly in 2025 but remains within its historical range, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
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Only 16 percent of home builder members reported constructing age-restricted housing for individuals aged 55 or older in 2025, NAHB Eye on Housing reported. The metric comes from the 2025 Member Census conducted by the National Association of Home Builders. [1]
The 2025 figure represents a decline of one percentage point from the previous year. According to NAHB Eye on Housing, this share has consistently remained within a narrow band of 15 percent to 17 percent since the question was first introduced to the survey in 2009. [1]
Sekisui House is an Osaka-based homebuilder and real estate developer established in 1960 from the housing division of Sekisui Chemical. The company constructs custom-built detached houses, rental housing, and condominiums, while offering post-and-beam timber homes and steel-frame housing systems. [2]
In short
- Sixteen percent of NAHB builder members reported constructing age-restricted housing in 2025.
- The 2025 age-restricted housing share declined by one percentage point from the prior year.
- The proportion of NAHB builders doing age-restricted work has stayed between 15 percent and 17 percent since 2009.
Sources
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- [1]16% of NAHB Builders Reported Building Age-Restricted Housing in 2025NAHB Eye on Housing, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Sekisui House on Wikipedia
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