Housing Stability Index: Measuring the risk of housing disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1822935· OSTI ID:1822935

Bergerson, Joshua ^[1]; Freeman, Carol ^[1]; Burdi, Carmella ^[1]; Hyde, Iain ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The Housing Stability Index (HSI) quantifies the decreased stability of housing (renter or owner occupied) across the United States due to missed or deferred housing payments (rent or mortgage payments) or serious delinquency. This is done through calculating the ratio of the near real-time percentage of occupied housing units not at risk of eviction or foreclosure to the baseline percentage of occupied housing units not at risk by county. For purposes of this index, “at risk” indicates a higher percentage of residents unable to make rent or mortgage payments. An HSI value of 1 indicates no additional housing instability (above housing instability before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic) due to COVID-19 while declining values indicate increasing housing instability. Argonne also created two sub-indices, Owner-Occupied Housing Units at Risk and Renter Occupied Housing Units at Risk, to differentiate risk between homeowners and renters.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1822935
• Report Number(s): ANL/DIS-21/10; 170121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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