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Housing permits · Ohio

Cleveland, OH building permits: new housing

955 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +36% on the year before, with $178M of construction value.

955
Housing units, last 12 months+36% vs. prior 12: $178M
Construction value: 86%
In 5+ unit buildings824 units: 2.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 378,589

New housing units permitted per month

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Columbia township256
Lake County Unincorporated Area253
Sheffield village227
Lakewood187
Geauga County Unincorporated Area168
Elyria163
Ashtabula County152
Amherst township142
Amherst124
North Ridgeville

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	81 units	63 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	94 units	29 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	56 units	48 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	61 units	50 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	4 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	114 units	90 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	93 units	70 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	70 units	62 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	93 units	72 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	172 units	169 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	282 units	278 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	94 units	70 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	81 units	68 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	141 units	131 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	47 units	31 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	55 units	42 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	47 units	35 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	124	124	$32.5M
2 units	2	4	$550K
3–4 units	1	3	$606K
5+ units	13	824	$144M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	706	561	$142M
2024	896	646	$146M
2023	805	644	$118M

Key facts

Cleveland, OH permitted 955 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $178,174,482 in construction value.
That is +36% compared with the 12 months before (700 units).
124 were single-family homes and 824 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (13 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $262,384.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 47 units were permitted.
It ranked #5 of 889 permit-issuing places in Ohio by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 706 units were permitted ($142M).

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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Cuyahoga County1,956
Cleveland OH4,584
Ohio31,080