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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…
A report released this week by the Louisiana Justice Institute and the Children’s Defense Fund finds that 55% of surveyed FEMA trailer residents are unsure where they will live and could easily become homeless if their parks are closed as scheduled this month. FEMA has a goal of closing all FEMA-…
On February 7, 2008, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) released its latest Quarterly Survey which shows that the current turmoil in the financial market is having mixed effects on the apartment industry. While it appears that sales volume is down and equity financing is less available, the…
On January 7, 2008, HUD released a study that is the first to quantify, on a nationwide basis, the cost of excessive site development regulation on affordable housing. The objective of this study, conducted by the National Association of Homebuilders Research Center, was to determine whether…