Much remains unknown about whether housing supply converges across regions over time. Therefore, this paper aims to outline the theoretical drivers and barriers of housing supply convergence and to perform an empirical analysis across all municipalities in Poland for 2009–2024. Housing supply was examined from the perspectives of the housing market (new housing for sale/rent) and urban dynamics (total housing stock). Using the Phillips-Sul approach, the study found that housing supply converges across the analysed areas. Specifically, supply from a housing market perspective is characterised by level convergence, meaning it tends towards a stable long-term value. Conversely, supply from the urban dynamics perspective follows a path of growth convergence, with the rates of change in housing supply gradually becoming similar across municipalities over time. These convergence patterns suggest moderate allocative efficiency of housing supply in Poland.
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