Risk and Resilience
FEMA Disaster Data for Rental Portfolio Research
A careful workflow for using FEMA disaster declarations and open data as context for rental property diligence, insurance review, and recovery tracking.
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Maintenance Planning
NOAA Climate Normals for Rental Maintenance Research
Use 30-year climate normals as a planning context for rental maintenance while separating normal conditions from actual property damage and weather events.
Operating Costs
BLS Shelter CPI for Rental Operations
How to use the Consumer Price Index shelter components as dated operating context while keeping inflation measures separate from a property's actual costs.
Occupancy and Demand
US Housing Vacancy Survey Method
A practical method for reading the Census Housing Vacancy Survey and keeping vacancy definitions separate from a rental portfolio's operating vacancy.
Household Demand
US Renter Cost Burden Research Method
How to use renter cost-burden measures as a dated market context signal without confusing a survey estimate with an individual household's budget.
Market Comparability
HUD Fair Market Rent Research Method
A source-aware method for using HUD Fair Market Rents as a comparison input while keeping the measure separate from a property's asking rent or achieved lease rent.
Household Demand
Rental Portfolio ACS Income Context
Use American Community Survey income and tenure data as a dated context layer for rental portfolio research without treating a national estimate as property-level demand.
Utilities and Property Operations
US Household Energy Insecurity Statistics 2020
The 2020 RECS found that 27 percent of U.S. households reported at least one energy-insecurity condition.
Property Condition and Maintenance
US Housing Age Data Statistics 2024
The 2024 ACS year-built measure refers to original construction, not a later remodel, conversion, or addition.
Housing Supply and Market Context
US Housing Inventory Statistics 2023
The 2023 AHS reported about 145.3 million U.S. housing units, with a separate count of 133.2 million occupied units in its quality release.
Property Condition and Maintenance
US Housing Quality Defect Statistics 2023
The 2023 AHS reported 11.8 million occupied units with outside water leakage and 3.9 million with mold in the prior year.
Records and Controls
US Housing Survey Data Quality Statistics 2024
The Census Bureau reported a 4.9 percent overall housing allocation rate for the 2024 ACS and a 22.2 percent allocation rate for vacancy duration.