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Albany County, NY

Name: Building Permits — Albany County, NY
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 683
Construction valuation (2025): $160,126,290
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 200 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 477

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	683	$160,126,290
2024	741	$171,821,345
2023	620	$107,361,957
2022	973	$217,435,843
2021	889	$201,838,046
2020	651	$116,685,591
2019	493	$84,021,917
2018	679	$229,739,751
2017	761	$120,684,148
2016	740	$130,316,465
2015	1,097	$226,758,062

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.