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Housing

What we’re doing: WPLN News has reported on the rising cost of housing for many years, but we’re committing to increasing our coverage throughout 2022, as single family home prices have gone up by 25% over the past year and rents have gone up by 20% over the past two years. These stories are informed by conversations with the community and rich in data and resources. Our goal: to create a visceral snapshot of the housing crisis in 2022, spur leaders into action, and empower residents to make smart decisions.


Join the conversation! We’ve dedicated several episodes of This Is Nashville to the rising cost of housing. Listen on any podcasting app, or on our website:

  • Adventures in Nashville home shopping with first-time buyers (Aug. 4)
  • Nashville’s growing need for affordable housing (July 14)
  • How mediation solves disputes, including between landlords and renters (June 29)
  • How rising housing costs are pushing Nashville’s immigrant communities further away (May 3)

WPLN News Investigates: How did an affordable apartment complex in a prime location deteriorate in plain sight? WPLN’s Ambriehl Crutchfield reviewed more than 1,600 inspections to understand how the apartments continued to decline despite government inspections, what low-wage residents are doing to find new homes in the city’s hot housing market, and why organizers are at odds about the way forward.

Read our special series Displaced.


Nashville’s home listings are outpacing closings, new report shows

Cynthia Abrams

June 30, 2025

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There are a lot of homes on the market around Nashville — but fewer people buying them. 

Filed Under: Business, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Bristol, clarksville, home sales, Housing, housing market, kingsport, Knoxville, memphis, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, multifamily permits, Nashville, Real Estate, Sullivan County

Homelessness ticks up in Nashville’s latest count

Tony Gonzalez

June 11, 2025

Nashville’s latest annual census of the city’s unhoused community found 2,180 people in shelters or living unsheltered — in camps or vehicles, or on the streets — on one night in January.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, Housing

Nashville’s in-depth affordable housing strategy is ready for public review

Char Daston

April 30, 2025

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The mayor’s plan is meant to address Nashville’s rapidly rising housing prices and rents, which are burdensome for low- and even middle-income residents.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Freddie O'Connell, Housing, Nashville mayor, Unified Housing Strategy

A fair housing nonprofit secured upgrades at TN apartments. But federal funding cuts could stall their work.

Cynthia Abrams

March 13, 2025

The modifications come after Gross Residential — an Ohio-based company that develops, constructs and manages retail properties — reached a conciliation agreement with two fair housing nonprofits.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Housing, HUD, National Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Alliance, Tennessee Fair Housing Council, Trump Administration, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

In My Place, Episode 10: The Connection

Mary Mancini

February 25, 2025

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Today, we kick off the second season of In My Place by exploring what happens when providers first approach people who experience homelessness.

Filed Under: In My Place, Programs Tagged With: affordable housing, Colby's Army, Housing, In My Place, The Contributor

‘Co-housing’ hasn’t taken off in Middle Tennessee, but it’s thriving 10 years later on this Nashville block

Cynthia Abrams

November 11, 2024

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As demand for housing rises and loneliness rates spike, some Nashvillians are looking to innovative living situations. One such arrangement is “co-housing.”

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Co-housing, Housing, Nashville housing

Nashville’s churches — and their land holdings — could boost affordable housing. Here’s how Metro wants to help.

Cynthia Abrams

September 26, 2024

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The role of churches, and the land they own, are an increasing focus of Nashville’s efforts to improve housing affordability. Federal funding will help Metro take a coordinating role.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, church, Housing, Metro Government, United Methodist Church

Living in a home after being unhoused can be daunting. A Nashville developer is trying to help.

Katherine Ceicys

September 14, 2024

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The Wallace Street apartments are designed to help make the transition into housing for previously unhoused tenants easier.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Housing

Metro opens first permanent housing option, with on-site addiction treatment and mental health services

Cynthia Abrams

July 19, 2024

Until now, much of the city’s approach to homelessness has been about short-term support, like emergency weather shelters or temporary transitional housing.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Charlie Strobel, homelessness, Homelessness Planning Council, Housing, Metro Government, Nashville housing

Struggling to find housing? Personal experiences will inform Metro’s newest affordability strategy

Cynthia Abrams

July 9, 2024

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Right now, Nashville does not have a “unified housing strategy.” While there are a number of existing reports and plans, there’s not a singular roadmap for Nashville’s affordable housing goals. But, with a new effort underway from Metro’s Housing Division, that’s about to change.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing

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