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Location Affordability Index v.3, 2012-2016

Description:

First
launched by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and
Department of Transportation (DOT) in November 2013, the Location Affordability
Index (LAI) provides ubiquitous, standardized household housing and
transportation cost estimates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Because
what is affordable is different for everyone, users can choose among eight household
profiles—which vary by household income, size, and number of commuters—and see
the impact of the built environment on affordability in a given location while
holding household demographics constant. 

Version
3 updates the constituent data sets with 2012-2016 American Community Survey
data and makes several methodological tweaks, most notably moving to modeling
at the Census tract level rather at the block group. As with Version 2, the
inputs to the simultaneous equation model (SEM) include six endogenous variables—housing
costs, car ownership, and transit usage for both owners and renters—and 18
exogenous variables, with vehicle miles traveled still modeled separately due
to data limitations.To learn more about the Location Affordability Index (v.3) visit: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/location-affordability-index/.Date of Coverage: 2012-2016 Data Dictionary: DD_Location Affordability Indev v.3.0LAI Version 3 Data and MethodologyLAI Version 3 Technical Documentation

The Location Affordability Index (LAI) helps to better understand the combined cost of housing and transportation. First launched by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Transportation (DOT) in November 2013, the LAI provides ubiquitous, standardized household housing and transportation cost estimates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Because what is affordable is different for everyone, users can choose among eight household profiles—which vary by household income, size, and number of commuters—and see the impact of the built environment on affordability in a given location while holding household demographics constant.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vb684mm5371

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vb684mm5371

Language:

eng

Publisher:

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Affordable housing, Economy, Boundaries, Location, and Society

Theme:

Economy, Boundaries, Location, and Society

Temporal Coverage:

2012-2016

Date Issued:

2025

Spatial Coverage:

United States

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Rights Holder:

This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

false