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Urban and three NNIP partners featured in new HUD Cityscape issue
March 31, 2024
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy   (New York)
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


Three NNIP partners and Urban Institute’s NNIP team were featured in the recent HUD Cityscape issue, Local Data for Local Action. Urban Institute wrote commentary on past and potential... [read more]

Cook County House Price Index - Second Quarter 2018
October 9, 2018
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)


House price trends are one of the most important indicators of a neighborhood’s economic health. In recent years, a substantial focus has been paid to the importance of house price trends as a... [read more]

Overview of Chicago's Housing Market
August 24, 2018
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)


The City of Chicago commissioned the Institute for Housing Studies to develop data to guide conversations around developing Chicago’s 2019-2023 Five-Year Housing Plan. These data informed a... [read more]

Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago Neighborhoods
December 19, 2017
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)


The project “Mapping Displacement Pressure in Chicago Neighborhoods” illustrates how the Institute of Housing Studies helps people across sectors better understand neighborhood dynamics.... [read more]

Greater Portland Pulse's Housing Data Hub is now live!
October 3, 2017
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)


GPP's new research platform, the Housing Data Hub, is now live! GPP’s Housing Data Hub (HDH) provides the public, policy makers, and the media access to a curated set of timely housing-... [read more]

New Guides Help Practitioners Use Data to Advance Health and Opportunity
June 6, 2017 to August 11, 2017
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


Urban Institute recently released two new guidance documents to to build the capacity of communities to use data to address health and improve fair housing and access to opportunity. Both guides draw... [read more]

Regional Housing Solutions Guides Collaboration and Policy in the Greater Chicago Area
August 3, 2016
Institute for Housing Studies   (Chicago)


The Institute for Housing Studies conducted a housing market segmentation analysis of the seven-county region surrounding Chicago, IL, in collaboration with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for... [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]

Community Profiles 2.0
September 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015
Community Data & Research Lab at the Johnson Center   (Grand Rapids)


The Community Research Institute has released the first phase of Community Profiles 2.0 for the Grand Rapids area. This phase aims to build upon CRI's existing work in housing... [read more]

The Institute for Urban Policy Research participates in the Mayor's Task Force on Poverty
April 1, 2014 to April 1, 2015
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


In Spring 2014, Mayor of Dallas Mike Rawlings gathered the Dallas community and created a Task Force to advise him on substantive, short-term plans to take action against poverty within the city.... [read more]

Maximizing Community Impact (MCI) Tool
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


With the Motor City Mapping project providing the best available information about vacancy and blight in Detroit, the city of Detroit now needs to look beyond sheer numbers. Blight removal in Detroit... [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]

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]

The Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action and the Center for Community Criminology and Research Prepare for “Safeways” Phase II Expansion
April 3, 2012
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action   (Memphis)


Originally funded by a grant from the US Department of Justice and designed by CBANA/C3R (working with the Southeast Memphis CDC and Ledic Asset Management) , “Safeways” is a data-driven... [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]

Hill District Vacant Property Plan
March 1, 2012 to August 31, 2012
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


The PNCIS was part of a team selected to prepare a plan for vacant properties in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood. Our work will involve the collection of parcel-based data in the Hill... [read more]

Foreclosure tracking to continue in DC area, expand in 2012
January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Urban–Greater DC   (Washington, D.C.)


NeighborhoodInfo DC will continue its tracking of foreclosure activity in Washington, D.C., and the region in 2012. The data we provide are used by local government agencies, community-based... [read more]

CBANA Partners with the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and Shelby County Department of Planning and Development on HUD Community Challenge Grant
September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action   (Memphis)


The Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action is working with the Shelby County Department of Planning and Development and the Greater Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce to evaluate... [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]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Decision Support Tools to Guide Urban Land Markets
2004 - 2008
Funder: Urban Markets Initiative, Brookings Institution, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation
Contact: Tom Kingsley , [email protected]


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Related Publications:


Standing on Business: Black businesses as a key to unlock neighborhood well-being
September 24, 2024
Presentation - By: Alex Camardelle, Jarryd Bethea
PDF icon TuesdayAM_Camardelle.pdf
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Data Talks: Learning how to use local data to inform housing policy
September 24, 2024
Presentation - By: Claudia Aiken
File TuesdayPM_Claudia - Data Talks Presentation for NNIP.pptx
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Framing Page for Collaborating with Community Journalists to Tackle Investor-Owned Housing
September 23, 2024
Meeting Materials - By: Urban Institute
PDF icon PDF
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Boston
Evictions and COVID-19: The Responsiblity of the Large Landlord
December 21, 2020
Report - By: Forrest Hangen (BARI), Dan O'Brien (BARI), Sarah Philbrick, Tim Reardon
Link
Innovate Memphis
Memphis
Memphis Property Hub and Bluff City Snapshot
September 1, 2020
Website - By: Innovate Memphis
PDF icon Background slides on the Memphis Property Hub (PPTX)
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Meeting the Washington Region’s Future Housing Needs: A Framework for Regional Deliberations
September 4, 2019
Report - By: Margery Austin Turner, Leah Hendey, Maya Brennan, Peter Tatian, Kathryn Reynolds
Link
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Understanding the Relationship between Opportunity Zones and Displacement Pressure in Chicago
February 2019
Blog post - By: Geoff Smith, Will Holland, Sarah Duda
Link to blog post
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Residential Instability: Perspectives from Three Cities
May 9, 2018
Video - By: Ashley Williams Clark, Noah Urban, Geoff Smith, Michael Rich
Session Materials
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Framing Page for Ignite Showcase, Part 3
May 19, 2017
Meeting Materials - By: Urban Institute
PDF icon PDF
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Property Dashboard
May 19, 2017
Presentation - By: Steve Saylor
File PPTX
WPDRC Property Dashboard, Parcels N'at, Pluto Plus, Philadephia's Property Dashboard
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Measuring the Impact of The 606
November 1, 2016
Report - By: Geoff Smith, Sarah Duda, Jin Man Lee, Michael Thompson
Link to project page
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Property Assessment Data User Guide
November 16, 2015
Training materials - By: Bob Gradeck
Property Assessment Data User Guide
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
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Cleveland Code Enforcement Partnership and Data
May 6, 2015
Presentation - By: April Urban
File PPTX
Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing ; , Using the Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web App
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Affordable Housing Needs Assessment for the District of Columbia
May 5, 2015
Report - By: Peter Tatian, Liz Oo, Josh Leopold
Phase 1 report, Phase 2 report
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
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
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
Camden Property Data Explorer
December 8, 2014
Website - By: CamConnect
Link
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Data Driven Tools for Neighborhood Assessment and Housing Recovery
November 18, 2014
Presentation - By: Jeff Matson
PDF icon nhc_solutions_11.18.14.pdf
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
City of Change: Evolutions in the Condition of Detroit's Housing Stock
November 18, 2014
Blog post - By: Noah Urban; DataDriven Detroit
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
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Exploring the Geographic, Economic & Social Impacts of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island
October 2014
Report - By: ProvPlan
PDF icon PDF
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
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 12
May 5, 2014
Report - By: Seema Iyer
PDF icon PDF
Link to Portal, Link to Data
(Inactive) CamConnect
Camden
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Filling the Gaps: Property Surveys (Video)
April 4, 2014
Video - By: Rob Pitingolo (moderator), Erica Raleigh, Josh Wheeling
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Calling Attention to Childhood Lead Exposure through Data
April 3, 2014
Meeting Materials - By: Alyssa Sylvaria
File PPTX
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
The Demolition - Equity Hedge - Foreclosure Reduction Connection
April 3, 2014
Presentation - By: Mike Schramm
File PPTX
Report Link, Thriving Communities Institute
The Children's Trust
Miami
Data-Driven Crime Prevention: New Tools for Community Involvement and Crime Control
March 2014
Report - By: Craig D. Uchida, Marc L. Swatt, Shellie E. Solomon and Sean Varano
PDF icon PDF-Appendix 1:Kriging Maps
Link
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 for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Housing Market Index: A Block-Level Analysis of the Housing Market in North Minneapolis
December 17, 2013
Report - By: Jacob Wascalus
Link
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
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
From Information to Action: Lessons from NNIP for Place-Base Initiatives
June 27, 2013
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit
File PPTX
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 11
April 22, 2013
Report - By: BNIA-JFI
Downtown Lynn Today: Results from a Parcel Survey
April 13, 2013
Report - By: Metropolitan Area Planning Council
PDF icon PDF
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Tracking the Housing Crisis in DC:  Five Years Later
November 16, 2012
Presentation - By: Leah Hendey
File PPTX
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
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Developing Weatherization and Lead Abatement Indicators to Track Neighborhood Sustainability
November 15, 2012
Presentation - By: Seema Iyer
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
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
The State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods
May 2012
Report - By: Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
Link
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Foreclosures in Prince George’s County, MD
April 2012
Website - By: Peter Tatian
Website
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Hazelwood Neighborhood Report
March 5, 2012
Report - By: Bob Gradeck
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
The Foreclosure Crisis and Children: A Three-City Study
January 2012
Report - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Jennifer Comey
Link
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Open-source Data Infrastructure: The Providence Property Mapper
December 7, 2011
Presentation - By: Jim Lucht
PDF
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Strategic Data Use in Cleveland -NEO CANDO
December 7, 2011
Presentation - By: Mike Schramm
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
The New Potential for Data in Managing Neighborhood Change
December 2011
Book - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley
PDF
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
Furman Center Launches New York City Quarterly Housing Report
November 1, 2011
Report - By: Furman Center
Link
(Inactive) Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Chicago
Homes for a Changing Region
August 23, 2011
Report - By: Allison Milld, Andrew Williams-Clark, Janice Morrissy, Nancy Firfer, King Harris
Link, Local Technical Assistance for Sustainable Communities
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
A Rent Control Report for the District of Columbia
May 18, 2011
Report - By: Peter Tatian, Ashley Williams
PDF
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Data Driven Organizing: Partnerships for Community Change in the Homewood Children’s Village
October 21, 2010
Presentation - By: Bob Gradeck
Office presentation icon PPT
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
Memphis
InfoWorks Memphis: Community Profiles
September 1, 2010
Report - By: Tk Buchanan
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
Summary Memo on Analysis Plan and Data Sources
January 12, 2010
Report - By: Kathryn Pettit, Jennifer Comey
PDF icon PDF
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York
New York City Analysis Plan and Data Diagnostic Memo
January 2010
Report - By: Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University of Law
PDF icon PDF
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Analysis Plan and Data Diagnostic Memo
January 2010
Report - By: NeighborhoodInfo DC
PDF icon PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Analytic Capacity to Address the Neighborhood Impacts of Foreclosures
November 2, 2009
Presentation - By: Tom Kingsley, Kathy Pettit, Peter Tatian
Office presentation icon PPT
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Data and Decisions: Parcel Level Information Changing the Way Business Gets Done
July 8, 2008
Report - By: G. Thomas Kingsley , Kathryn L.S. Pettit
PDF icon PDF
Link
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Housing Monitor: Winter 2008
March 26, 2008
Report - By: Peter Tatian, G. Thomas Kingsley
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
March 2008
Report - By: Sarah Treuhaft, G. Thomas Kingsley
PDF icon PDF
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
March 2008
Report - By: Sarah Truehaft, G. Thomas Kingsley
Systems to Improve the Management of City-Owned Land in Baltimore
February 1, 2007
Report - By: William Ballard, G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
The Potential of Parcel-Based GIS in Community Development and Urban Land Management
2006
Report - By: Arnold Chandler, G. Thomas Kingsley, Josh Kirschenbaum, Kathryn L.S. Pettit
PDF icon PDF
Link
(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
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Neighborhood Early Warning Systems: Four Cities' Experience and Implications for the District of Columbia
October 2003
Report - By: Christopher Snow, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Margery Austin Turner
Link
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Data as a Tool to Preserve Unsubsidized Affordable Housing


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