Product No.: 01013
Date Published: 04/2001
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Difficulties in securing sound, affordable housing in accessible locations continue to affect moderate and median income households. In a 1990 report entitled Homeownership: A Vanishing Dream, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) undertook an assessment of housing affordability in the Delaware Valley, focusing specifically on the ability of a median income family to purchase a median-priced housing unit in each of the region's 353 municipalities. The current study updates DVRPC's 1990 housing affordability assessment using 1998 housing and tax data. Unlike the first study, the report also considers housing affordability for first-time homebuyers and for families who already own a home but are considering relocating, in addition to median-income families.Geographic Area Covered: The nine-county DVRPC region, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
Key Words: homeownership, housing affordability index, affordability gap, median-income buyers, first-time homebuyers, repeat homebuyers, COAH
Staff Contact(s)
- Karin A. Morris, AICP (kmorris@dvrpc.org)
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