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This indicator reports the percentage of the population living in neighborhoods identified as “hazardous” by the federal government in a practice referred to as “redlining.” Individuals living in these redlined neighborhoods were unable to access low interest/low down payment mortgages underwritten by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A…
This indicator shows the estimated eviction filing rate as calculated by the Eviction Lab. This rate is the number of evictions filed in an area divided by the number of renter-occupied homes in that area. An eviction filing counts all eviction cases filed in an area, including multiple cases filed against the same address. Eviction…
This indicator reports the percentage of adults age 18 and older who report having housing insecurity in the past 12 months. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2023.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the Centers…
This indicator shows the percentage of adults age 18 and older who reported a threat of utility shut-off (electricity, gas, oil, water) in the past 12 months. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2023.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is…
The U.S. Postal Service provided information quarterly to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on addresses identified as vacant in the previous quarter. Residential and business vacancy rates for the report area in the fourth quarter of 2024 are reported. For this reporting period, a total of sum(1) residential addresses were identified as…
Tenure provides a measurement of home ownership, which has served as an indicator of the nation’s economy for decades. This data covers all occupied housing units, which are classified as either owner occupied or renter occupied. These data are used to aid in the distribution of funds for programs such as those involving mortgage insurance,…
Tenure provides a measurement of home ownership, which has served as an indicator of the nation’s economy for decades. This data covers all occupied housing units, which are classified as either owner occupied or renter occupied. These data are used to aid in the distribution of funds for programs such as those involving mortgage insurance,…
This indicator reports the number and percentage of housing units that are vacant. A housing unit is considered vacant by the American Community Survey if no one is living in it at the time of interview. Units occupied at the time of interview entirely by persons who are staying two months or less and who…
Lending institutions must report all loans for home purchases, home improvements, and mortgage refinancing based on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) of 1975. This indicator displays information derived from the 2022 HMDA one year national loan-level data files. Source Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, 2022.Additional data analysis by CARES. Source…
Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020-24. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. The ACS has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses, with survey information collected nearly every day of…