Falling unemployment rates, reopening businesses, and increases in spending are indicators that the economic recovery period from the COVID-19 pandemic is underway.
The Harrisburg-Carlisle Pennsylvania Housing Market Area (Harrisburg HMA) is situated on the Susquehanna River in the southeastern quadrant of Pennsylvania.
The Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin Housing Market Area (Milwaukee HMA) is in southeast Wisconsin on the coast of Lake Michigan.
The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia Housing Market Area (Detroit HMA) is coterminous with the Detroit MSA and includes all of Wayne county, Michigan. Detroit is the most populous city in Michigan with an estimated population of 1.74 million.
The Census Household Pulse Survey provides insight on how individuals are experiencing business closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in spending patterns, and other abrupt and significant changes to American life during the pandemic.
The Greenville Housing Market Area (Greenville HMA), located in upstate South Carolina between the southern cities of Atlanta and Charlotte, includes the counties of Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, and Pickens and is coterminous with the Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Extreme weather events such as storms and hurricanes have become more frequent in the United States, resulting in more than $1 trillion in damage over the past 40 years.
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination based on race in the sale of housing, yet African Americans still experience the effects of explicit and implicit policies that barred them from the housing market before the act’s passage as well as ongoing discrimination in some cases.
The Wichita Housing Market Area (HMA) includes the counties of Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick, and Sumner in south central Kansas. Wichita is the most populous city in Kansas, with an estimated population of 650,900 people.
The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Housing Market Area (Phoenix HMA) is located in south central Arizona and includes the counties of Maricopa and Pinal. The Phoenix HMA is home to nearly two-thirds of the population of Arizona with an estimated population of 4.91 million.
It is the mission of HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) to provide reliable and objective housing research and market data for its constituents — housing and community development researchers, academics, policymakers, and the American public.
This analysis was completed before the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and does not account for the economic and housing market impacts of the actions taken to limit the spread of the virus. Currently, the duration and depth of the economic disruption are unclear, as are the extent and effectiveness of government policies to counteract this disruption.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the release of Phase 2 of the Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is designed to quickly capture information about household experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 2015 to 2017, new construction was the primary source of additions to the housing stock. Demolition and fire or natural disasters caused most permanent losses.
The Pittsburgh Housing Market Area (HMA) includes the seven counties of Alleghany, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland in southwest Pennsylvania.
A significant component of the overall cost of housing is the value of the underlying land. When that value is determined in large part by market forces, competing social priorities such as providing affordable housing, ensuring mixed-income communities, and reserving space for public uses may go unrealized.
HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs report, issued biennially since 1991, details critical problems facing low-income renting families.
The Greensboro-High Point Housing Market Area (Greensboro HMA) includes the counties of Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham in central North Carolina. The city of Greensboro is the county seat of Guilford County and is the state’s third-largest city.
The HUD Library has scanned 1,750 historic documents that have been added to the HUDUser.gov collection.
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting data for a new experimental survey designed to rapidly capture and publish data called the Household Pulse Survey.