Housing Data and Statistics: Topics in Housing

Provides national and regional data on the number of new housing units authorized by building permits; authorized, but not started; started; under construction; and completed.

New housing starts, characteristics of new homes, and more.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy.

End-use energy consumption data and analysis on residential and commercial buildings.

The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) compiles the latest facts and statistics relating to the insurance industry.

The Federal Reserve Board has data and statistics on U.S. banking and financial including loans including home loans, credit, interest rates, and much more.

The Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.

The FFIEC Online Census Data System (formerly named FFIEC Census Reports) is an online tool that can be used to access FFIEC census data by MSA/MD, county, and census tract. The system also provides data for non-MSA areas, counties, and census tracts.

The HMDA reports provide information regarding home mortgage lending activity, and the Private Mortgage Insurance Companies (PMIC) reports provide mortgage insurance activity data from private mortgage insurance companies.

Responsible for the effective supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which includes the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) and the Office of Finance (OF).Includes the House Price Index (a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices), housing market indicators, market data, and research reports.

MBA's highly regarded research and economics group provides the timely and comprehensive data and benchmarking tools you need to make a difference in short- and long-term strategic planning.

Limited statistics available freely, otherwise information is fee-based.

Contains all the national, regional, state, metropolitan, and local data and analysis in one location.

HUD's Economic and Market Analysis Division prepares Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis that assist and guide HUD in its operations. The factual information, findings, and conclusions contained in the reports could also be useful to builders, mortgagees, and others concerned with local housing conditions and trends. The reports present counts and estimates of employment, population, households, and housing inventory.

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), rent ceilings for rental units in both the HOME Investment Partnerships program and the Emergency Solution Grants program, calculation of maximum award amounts for Continuum of Care recipients and the maximum amount of rent a recipient may pay for property leased with Continuum of Care funds, and calculation of flat rents in Public Housing units. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined metropolitan areas, some HUD defined subdivisions of OMB metropolitan areas and each nonmetropolitan county. 42 USC 1437f requires FMRs be posted at least 30 days before they are effective and that they are effective at the start of the federal fiscal year (generally October 1).

USICH was originally authorized by Congress through Title II of the landmark Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (PL 100-77) to serve as an “independent establishment” within the executive branch. They were charged with coordinating the federal response to homelessness and creating a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the federal government in contributing to the end of homelessness.

The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (the Center) promotes recovery-oriented care for Veterans who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. The Center conducts and supports research; assesses the effectiveness of programs; identifies and disseminates best practices and integrates these practices into polices, programs, and services for homeless or at-risk Veterans; and serves as a resource center for all research and training activities carried out by the Department and by other Federal and non-Federal entities with respect to Veteran homelessness.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) publications and related resources on homelessness and housing.

The Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) is a HUD report to the U.S. Congress that provides nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons. The report is based on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about persons who experience homelessness during a 12-month period, point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness on one day in January, and data about the inventory of shelter and housing available in a community.

ASPE conducts work on homelessness policy research, and coordinates HHS's responses to homelessness.