LibGuides: Statistics: Housing & Homeless

Homeless Statistics

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Best place to begin. Simple to use, aggregates data from multiple sources.
Sources of information include market research, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Homeless & Incarcerated
Statistics on homelessness and incarcerated people. National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Homeless Populations
Interactive map data on homelessness. National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Homeless Veterans
Latest data on homeless veterans. National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.

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Best place to begin. Simple to use, aggregates data from multiple sources.
Sources of information include market research, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Housing Characteristics
60 years of census data. US Bureau of the Census.
Housing Data
Housing data: financial characteristics, homeownership, housing vacancies, multi-family housing, physical characteristics, rental housing,
residential financing, historical housing data. US Census Bureau.
Housing Data
Fair market rents, housing affordability, building permits, residential finance, vacant addresses. US Housing and Urban Development.
Housing Prices
New residential sales. U.S. Census Bureau.
Housing Survey Data
National and metropolitan statistics for apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment, fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data are collected every other year, from a fixed sample of about 50,000 homes.

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