Property surveys

Activities Publications

This category includes primary data collection about characteristics of individual properties that are missing or incomplete from administrative data sources, such as each property's land use, building condition, or occupancy status.

Related Activities:
Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
June 5, 2015
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


The Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles presents community data and indicators from dozens of sources in a series of interactive tables, maps, and charts. The tool was built by our... [read more]

Camden Citywide Housing Vacancy Data Release Event
December 8, 2014
(Inactive) CamConnect   (Camden)


Monday, December 8, 2014. 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Rutgers-Camden Multi Purpose Room (Registration: 11:30 - Noon)The Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE) in partnership with... [read more]

City of Change: Occupancy Density in Detroit's Residential Neighborhoods
November 25, 2014
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


In 2009, Data Driven Detroit (D3) participated in the Detroit Residential Parcel Survey (DRPS), collecting data on roughly 350,000 structures and vacant lots in the city of Detroit.  The survey... [read more]

Equity Mapping and the Geography of Opportunity
April 12, 2014
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)
Shift Research Lab   (Denver*)
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)


Equity mapping uses GIS technology to make the connection between so-called areas of opportunity — places where jobs are relatively plentiful and access to education, healthcare, and other... [read more]

Data Driven Detroit's Open Data Site
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


One of the most important new means for sharing data with the public is our Open Data Site, launched in “beta” form in the spring of 2014.  We have been using the tool to publish... [read more]

D3 Hired by Detroit Blight Task Force to Create Public Property Database
November 12, 2013
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


A newly formed Detroit blight task force calls upon many of Detroit's most experienced leadership, including Glenda Prince, Linda Smith and Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert. The task force has... [read more]

Leveraging Integrated Data Systems to Examine the Role of Housing
October 23, 2013
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


How does living amid foreclosures, vacant properties, and declining neighborhood stability affect how well a child does in school? Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of... [read more]

Innovation with New Information: Civic Technology
May 9, 2012
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Audio to come soon. Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Reinventing Older Communities Conference with CityCourced and Code for America/Open Plans staff on new ways to... [read more]

Poverty Center Selected as Leadership in Community Innovation Award Finalist
March 6, 2012
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


The Poverty Center's Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web Application (NST Web App) was selected as a Leadership in Community Innovation Award finalist. Four finalist groups competed for the... [read more]

CMAP has begun building Android and iPhone versions of the Full Circle community mapping project
August 30, 2011 to May 30, 2012
(Inactive) Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning   (Chicago)


The Full Circle community mapping project was created to allow local government and non-profit organizations to gather parcel-level data.  Full Circle was originally funded by the federal... [read more]

Homewood Children's Village Initiative
May 1, 2011
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


The PNCIS is supporting the work of the Homewood Children's Village, an initiative working to improve the environment for children and families in the Homewood neighborhood. The PNCIS is being... [read more]

Detroit Industrial Parcel Survey
May 1, 2011
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


D3 collaborated with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Interface Studios to conduct an industrial parcel survey of the City of Detroit.  D3 staff participated in the... [read more]

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Data You Can Use
Milwaukee
Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods (RON) Housing Survey
2021
Protocol/Methods - By: Data You Can Use
File Survey
(Inactive) Center for Economic Information*
Kansas City
Neighborhood Housing Conditions Survey
2021
Protocol/Methods - By: Center for Economic Information
PDF icon Survey
Buffalo Turning the Corner Final Report
June 2019
Report - By: Henry Louis Taylor,Jr., Robert Silverman, Li Yin
PDF icon PDF
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Community Change: Engaging Through Data
September 18, 2015
Presentation - By: Erica Raleigh
Link
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
CamConnect and CCDA Vacancy Survey
September 17, 2015
Presentation - By: Josh Wheeling
Link
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Mapping Baltimore’s Green Pattern Book
September 2, 2015
Presentation - By: Nancy Jones
File PPTX
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
From Information to Action: Introduction to NNIP for the Urban Waters Network
July 9, 2015
Presentation - By: Kathryn Pettit
File PPTX
The Children's Trust
Miami
Neighborhood Safety: Citizens' Role - Data and Methods
May 8, 2015
Presentation - By: Lisa Pittman
PDF icon PDF
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Taking Back Detroit -- Portraits of the Motor City
April 16, 2015
Journal Article - By: National Geographic Magazine; Data Driven Detroit
Taking Back Detroit -- Portraits of the Motor City
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
A Look at Rhode Island's Lead Hazard Mitigation Law
April 2015
Report - By: Alyssa Sylvaria, Ryan Kelly
A Look at Rhode Island's Lead Hazard Mitigation Law
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Community Change: Engaging Through Data
March 28, 2015
Presentation - By: Data Driven Detroit; Erica Raleigh
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Tuesdays at APA: Strengthening Capacity For Data-Driven Decisionmaking
February 24, 2015
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit
File PPTX
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
How Motor City Mapping became a template for citywide collaboration
February 13, 2015
News article - By: Walter Wasacz
Link
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Property Survey Training
February 6, 2015
Training materials - By: Bob Gradeck, GTECH
[Training slides (google presentation)] , [Building Survey Standard (google sheet)] , [GTECH Vacant Land Survey Standard (pdf)], [Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly article (pdf) - see page 6}
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
CamConnect map marks status of city properties
February 5, 2015
News article - By: Kevin C. Shelly
Link
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
City of Change: Toward a Neighborhood Level Analysis
December 23, 2014
Blog post - By: Noah Urban; DataDriven Detroit
Link
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
"City of Change: Dynamics and Impact Potential in Detroit's Neighborhoods"
December 16, 2014
Blog post - By: Noah Urban; Data Driven Detroit
Link
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
"City of Change: Detroit's Continuing Mortgage Crisis"
December 9, 2014
Blog post - By: Noah Urban; Data Driven Detroit
Link
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
Cramer Hill Property Data Explorer
November 12, 2014
Website - By: CamConnect
Link
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Introducing "City of Change": A Window into Detroit's Residential Neighborhoods
November 11, 2014
Blog post - By: Noah Urban; DataDriven Detroit
Link
NNIPCamp October 2014: Unexpected Data Partners
October 23, 2014
Meeting Materials - By: Jordan Wirfs-Brock
File DOCX
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
“Detroit Dialogue: Sprawl and Consequences”
October 2014
Presentation - By: Erica Raleigh
Link
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Property Survey Materials
June 2, 2014
Training materials - By: Bob Gradeck
Property Survey Standard, Property Structure Survey Training, Vacant Land Survey Training
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Detroit Parcel Survey: Motor City Mapping
April 4, 2014
Presentation - By: Erica Raleigh
File PPTX
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Framing Page for Filling the Gaps: Property Surveys
April 4, 2014
Meeting Materials - By: The Urban Institute
File DOCX
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
Camden City Land and Housing Survey
April 4, 2014
Presentation - By: Josh Wheeling
File PPTX
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Estimating the Effect of Demolishing Distressed Structures in Cleveland, OH, 2009-2013: Impacts on Real Estate Equity and Mortgage-foreclosure
February 11, 2014
Report - By: Griswold Consulting Group, Nigel G. Griswold, Benjamin Calnin, Michael Schramm, Luc Anselin, Paul Boehnlein
Poverty Center blog on this report, PDF report
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
The Role of Investors in the One-to-Three-Family REO Market: The Case of Cleveland
December 16, 2013
Report - By: Frank Ford, April Hirsh, Kathryn Clover , J.D., Jeffrey A. Marks, Robin Dubin , Ph.D., Michael Schramm, Tsui Chan, Nina Lalich, Andrew Loucky, Natalia Cabrera
Poverty Center blog on this report, Joint Center for Housing Studies press release, PDF report
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
CamConnect Interactive Housing Map
November 25, 2013
Website - By: CamConnect
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
From Information to Action: Lessons from NNIP for Place-Base Initiatives
June 27, 2013
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit
File PPTX
Downtown Lynn Today: Results from a Parcel Survey
April 13, 2013
Report - By: Metropolitan Area Planning Council
PDF icon PDF
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rethinking Revitalization: A Data Driven Approach to Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis
November 16, 2012
Presentation - By: Jeff Matson
File PPTX
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web Application
August 2012
Report - By: April Hirsh, Michael Schramm, Claudia Coulton
PDF
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
PDF icon PDF
Urban Strategies Council
Oakland
Who Owns Your Neighborhood? The Role of Investors in Post-Foreclosure Oakland
June 28, 2012
Report - By: Steve King, Steve Spiker
PDF icon PDF
Who Owns Your Neighborhood? The Role of Investors in Post-Foreclosure Oakland
(Inactive) Network Center for Community Change
Louisville
Mapping Louisville Neighborhoods To Create Neighborhood Opportunities
June 21, 2012
Video - By: Ben Schiller, Fast Company
Link
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Board of Governor’s Video Featuring NEOCANDO
April 28, 2011
Video - By: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Link
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Preventing Foreclosures in North Minneapolis
2010
Report - By: Casie Moen
PDF
The Mid-America Regional Council
Kansas City
Preliminary Baseline Data Report
February 1, 2010
Report - By: UMKC Center for Economic Information
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
March 2008
Report - By: Sarah Truehaft, G. Thomas Kingsley
(Inactive) Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Refining IndicatorsFinding the Best Measures for Improvements in Urban Housing
March 2004
Presentation - By: Michael Barndt
Office presentation icon PPT


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