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Metropolitan Residential Construction Increasing in the Central City

The Environmental Protection Agency published a March 2009 report analyzing the shift in geography of residential construction. Using building permit data, the research concludes that from 1990 to 2007 residential development increased dramatically within the central city and its core suburbs in…

Census: Renters are a Growing Proportion of US Households, Rents Rising

The proportion of renters among U.S. households has increased steadily in recent months, according to the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey. In the fourth quarter of 2008, which ended in December, there were an estimated 632,000 more renter households than during the same period a year before…

Affordable Housing in Utah

TOPIC: Housing Need STATE: Utah TYPE: Slideshow DATE: July 2008 AUTHOR: Michael Glen, Utah Division of Housing and Community Development DESCRIPTION: Details Utah’s housing profile, projected housing need, and required annual funds to meet projected needs. Presented to the Utah State…

Census Finds Ownership Vacancies at All-time High

The most recent Housing Vacancy Survey, released by the U.S. Census for the first quarter of 2008, shows that the vacancy rate for ownership units has risen to 2.9%, the highest since these data have been kept. Before the current downturn, the vacancy rate had never exceeded 2%. As a further…