The Latest from CommunityScale
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Introducing the Housing Forecast app
Every community has a housing story. The challenge has always been that the data to tell it is scattered across half a dozen sources, each with its own geography, release schedule, and format. We…
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Will County, IL Housing Study
CommunityScale is leading a comprehensive Housing Study and Strategic Action Plan for the Will County Center for Economic Development (CED) in Illinois. The study provides a data-driven framework to promote housing that meets the…
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Mapping exposure to AI workforce disruption
Last week, Anthropic published “Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence,” a research paper that takes a novel approach to a question every community should be asking: which jobs are…
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Housing for the 21st Century Act & ROAD to Housing Act
Congress is advancing the most significant federal housing legislation in decades. Two major bills, the Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644) and the ROAD to Housing Act (S. 2651), are moving through…
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Bayesian exploration of housing unit counts
Guest post: Avery Cutler explores US housing unit growth from 2020 to 2025 using Bayesian regression, identifying demographic and economic predictors of county-level change.
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Catawba, SC Regional Workforce Housing Study
CommunityScale is leading a Regional Workforce Housing Study for the Catawba Regional Council of Governments (CRCOG) in South Carolina. The study provides a data-driven framework for promoting housing that serves the workforce across Chester,…
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How filtering helps with affordability
We hear a version of the same question in nearly every community we work with: if new housing is so expensive, how can building more of it help people who can’t afford it? It’s…
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Corporate ownership of single-family homes
CommunityScale is leading a Housing Needs and Workforce Housing Assessment for Matteson, IL, a suburb south of Chicago with a population of about 20,000. Working with Matteson’s parcel data, we noticed many single-family homes…
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Notable trends in the 2024 ACS data release
The 2024 ACS took a little bit longer than usually to be released, but now that its out we had a chance to compare some of the significant differences between 2023 and 2024. The…
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Three phases of local housing action
Communities across the country are confronting housing challenges that feel urgent, complex, and sometimes overwhelming. Through our work with dozens of municipalities and regions, we’ve observed that communities typically progress through three phases as they…
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Central Massachusetts Regional Housing and Transportation Study
CommunityScale is leading a Regional Housing and Transportation Study for the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC), serving Worcester and 39 surrounding communities in Worcester County. In partnership with Toole Design, the study provides…
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Rolling out new State-required multifamily zoning
Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities Act required 177 municipalities to adopt by-right multifamily zoning near transit. CommunityScale worked with 13 communities and shares lessons on tailoring state mandates to local context, navigating regulatory flexibility, and building…
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Minneapolis-St Paul Regional Housing Nexus Study
The Metropolitan Council selected CommunityScale to lead a region-wide housing nexus study for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. This study will provide the data and methodology needed for local governments across the 118-city…
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Johnson County, IA Housing Assessment Study
CommunityScale partnered with Johnson County, Iowa to complete a comprehensive housing assessment study for the county’s non-metro area, encompassing six small cities and unincorporated areas. The study identified a need for approximately 950 new…
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City of Pueblo Consolidated Plan and Fair Housing Analysis
CommunityScale partnered with the City of Pueblo, Colorado to develop a comprehensive 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, and First Year Annual Action Plan to guide the city’s use of…