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Housing Affordability Publications
Housing Affordability Publications
Official publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau have a report number and often list the lead author(s).
View the list of publications by topics or publications by series.
Browse more publications, including historical publications from the Census of Population and Housing, 2000 Census and 2010 Census.
Publication
Who Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2009?
The seventh in a series attempting to measure changes in homeownership affordability for families and unrelated individuals (current owners & current renters).
Publication
Who Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2004?
This publication is from Housing Affordability 2004
Publication
Who Can Afford to Buy a House in 2002?
In 2002, about 56 percent (+/–0.7) of American families could afford to purchase a modestly priced home or condominium in the state where they lived.
Publication
Housing Costs of Homeowners: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, examines mortgage status and selected monthly owner costs for specified owner-occupied housing units.
Publication
Housing Costs of Renters: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, examines gross rent and gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999 for specified renter-occupied housing units.
Publication
Who Could Afford to Buy a House in 1995?
In 1995, about 56 percent of all families would qualify for a mortgage for a modestly priced house in the area where they lived.
Publication
American Housing Survey: Components of Inventory Change: 1980-1991 United States and Regions
This report presents the counts of the components of change in the housing inventory from the base year of 1980 to the current year of 1991.
Publication
1994 American Housing Survey for Selected Metropolitan Areas
Available for: Anaheim, Buffalo, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Riverside, and San Diego.
Publication
Supplement to the 1993 American Housing Survey for the United States
This report presents supplemental data for occupied housing units, data on journey to
work, and additional residential units.
Publication
Who Can Afford to Buy a House in 1993?
The percentage of families able to afford a modestly priced house in the area where they lived was the same (58 percent) in 1993 as in 1991.
Publication
We asked... You told us: Housing Costs
Housing Costs data from the 1990 Census.
Publication
Who Could Afford to Buy a House in 1991?
This Brief examines which families were most likely to be unable to afford a median-priced home, why they couldn’t buy one, and more.
Publication
What Do We Pay For Living Space?
This brief shows how homeowners in each region compared in terms of: living space, monthly housing costs, home values, and real estate taxes.
Publication
Who Can Afford to Buy a House in 1991?
This is an analysis of affordability by individual families and unrelated individuals for purchasing several criterion homes where they live.
Publication
Who Can Afford to Buy a House in 1988?
This report is the first in a series dealing with homeownership affordability.
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