The following is a representative list of sources of information on the topics covered in the housing section of the Community Indicators. The list includes resources that were used for the Community Indicators data, as well as others that may be of interest to those seeking data on housing. Data sources identified in the Population Links may also include information on housing.

This is not intended to be a complete list, and CRP welcomes information about additional housing resources. Inclusion on this list does not imply that CRP endorses an organization or has verified the accuracy of its information.

National Sources

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov
The HUD web site has extensive information on topics relating to housing, homelessness and community development. This site provides information on HUD grant programs and research, reports, and statistical data on topics that include homeownership, housing finance, public/assisted housing and fair housing/fair lending, plus links to many other related sites. Each year HUD releases updated median income and fair market rent figures for jurisdictions on its web site.

HUD Office of Policy Development and Research
www.huduser.org
This site provides current information on housing needs, market conditions, and existing programs, as well as research data on priority housing and community development issues. HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning and other related topics.

American Housing Survey
www.census.gov/hhes/www/ahs.html
The American Housing Survey is conducted by the Bureau of the Census for HUD. The AHS collects national and metropolitan area data on apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers.

Federal Financial Institutions Examiners Council
www.ffiec.gov/hmda
The FFIEC site provides access to data for local communities on residential lending activity.
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) requires lending institutions to report public loan data. Included in the data is information on loan applications, originations and denials by race, gender, income and census tract.

National Association of Home Builders
www.nahb.com
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a federation of more than 800 state and local builders associations throughout the United States. The association’s site provides economic and housing data, housing facts and trends and home sales data at the national, state and local level. NAHB’s quarterly Housing Opportunity Index ranks MSAs on the percent of homes sold that are affordable to a median income household.

National Low Income Housing Coalition
www.nlihc.org
National Low Income Housing Coalition provides information for frequently asked questions regarding homelessness, housing, tenants right, housing discrimination, lead poisoning, Section 8, home ownership, and links to many other helpful sites including national groups, government sites, banking information, sources of data and publications. Each year, NLIHC publishes the Out of Reach report, with county level data on wage-rent disparities.

State Sources

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO)
www.cohhio.org
COHHIO is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals advocating for housing and homelessness issues in Ohio. The website provides county level data on the status of project-based Section 8 housing, and information on the Ohio Community Reinvestment Project, predatory lending and homelessness in Ohio. The site also includes state and national legislative updates and other news related to housing and homelessness.

Local Sources

The Danter Company
www.danter.com
The Danter Company specializes in real estate research and housing market analysis, and produce quarterly reports on the Central Ohio single-family and rental housing market. The web site includes Census data on residential housing starts and has links to several state housing finance agencies, national rent/income databases, and information on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and other housing related issues.

Community Shelter Board
www.csb.org
The Community Shelter Board coordinates Franklin County funding, planning and collaboration to address and resolve homelessness. CSB’s web site includes statistics on emergency shelter use, information on homeless services and resources, and access to community research and plans on topics related to homelessness. Also included are links to related sites.

Columbus Board of Realtors
www.columbusrealtors.org
The web site of the Columbus Board of Realtors includes monthly and annual statistics on homes sold from the Central Ohio Multiple Listing Service, including average sale price.

Columbus and Franklin County Housing Reports
www.plan.td.ci.columbus.oh.us
There have been several reports produced for Columbus and Franklin County that address housing topics and include data on housing trends, conditions and needs. These include the Columbus and Franklin County Consolidated Plan, Columbus and Franklin County Fair Housing Plan, and the report of the Columbus Housing Task Force. These can all be downloaded from the City of Columbus web site.