# Seven in ten would welcome affordable housing in their own neighborhood

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## Reading

Support for building affordable housing reaches into Americans' own neighborhoods, where 70% say they would back it nearby, including 46% who strongly agree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025.

About one-in-seven (15%) neither agree nor disagree, and a matching 15% are opposed, including 9% who strongly disagree.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: I would support the development of affordable housing in my neighborhood.

Seven in ten would welcome affordable housing in their own neighborhood.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly agree: 46.3%
- Somewhat agree: 23.9%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 14.8%
- Strongly disagree: 8.9%
- Somewhat disagree: 6.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: politics
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

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