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Housing permits · Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI building permits: new housing

695 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +28% on the year before, with $170M of construction value.

695
Housing units, last 12 months+28% vs. prior 12: $170M
Construction value: 82%
In 5+ unit buildings571 units: 3.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 200,031

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Wyoming349
Cascade charter township230
Holland charter township191
Grand Haven charter township180
Gaines charter township173
Montcalm County Unincorporated Area162
Caledonia township (Kent County)149
Byron township139
Allendale charter township120
Kentwood

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	79 units	72 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	4 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	33 units	23 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	87 units	57 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	17 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	67 units	57 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	40 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	178 units	171 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	4 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	12 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	338 units	337 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	200 units	197 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	9 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	39 units	26 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	17 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	12 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	115	115	$23.5M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	3	9	$650K
5+ units	16	571	$146M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	801	645	$238M
2024	859	753	$194M
2023	495	384	$106M

Key facts

Grand Rapids, MI permitted 695 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $169,717,081 in construction value.
That is +28% compared with the 12 months before (545 units).
115 were single-family homes and 571 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (16 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $204,700.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 12 units were permitted.
It ranked #3 of 843 permit-issuing places in Michigan by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 801 units were permitted ($238M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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110

Ionia County Unincorporated Area92

Also see

Kent County2,211
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood MI3,711
Michigan21,927