2026 Development Report

MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

Multi-Family Housing Vacancy

6.0%

Multi-family vacancies reached 5.4% in 2025, a nearly-one percentage point increase from 4.5% in 2024. Q1 2026 has seen further increases in vacancy rates, reaching 6%, up 0.4 percentage points from the same quarter the previous year. This slight increase is largely due to new active construction projects filling the rental pipeline.

COVID-19 Q1 2020 - Q3 2023

Trendline

Q1 26

2023

2024

2025

Source: Colliers

Adobe West Fulton 617 Fulton St W & 17 Seward Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI Photo Credit: Construction Simplified

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