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Generated UTC: 2026-05-19T13:33:35Z. Review-only source registry for the 14 core Housing candidate metrics.
| Metric | Source | Type | Refresh | Limitation | Direction of Improvement |
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| HOU-MET-001 | HUD CHAS API / HUD User CHAS 2018-2022 and prior release https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/cp.html | HUD CHAS | CHAS release cycle | CHAS is a special HUD tabulation based on ACS multi-year estimates; release-to-release trend uses overlapping ACS 5-year windows. | Lower renter cost burden is better. |
| HOU-MET-002 | HUD CHAS API / HUD User CHAS 2018-2022 and prior release https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/cp.html | HUD CHAS | CHAS release cycle | Severe burden threshold and denominator must remain locked before scoring; overlapping ACS 5-year windows limit short-term trend interpretation. | Lower severe renter cost burden is better. |
| HOU-MET-003 | HUD CHAS API / HUD User CHAS 2018-2022 and prior release https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/cp.html | HUD CHAS | CHAS release cycle | Owner burden denominator and tenure filter must remain locked before scoring; overlapping ACS 5-year windows limit short-term trend interpretation. | Lower owner cost burden is better. |
| HOU-MET-004 | FRED MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS | FRED | Quarterly | Price pressure is contextual; lower prices improve buyer affordability but may also reflect weak market conditions. | Lower price pressure is generally better for affordability; review scoring carefully. |
| HOU-MET-005 | FRED CUSR0000SEHA - CPI Rent of Primary Residence https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUSR0000SEHA | FRED/BLS CPI | Monthly | Index level uses 1982-1984=100 baseline; trend/change is more meaningful than raw index value. | Lower rent inflation/pressure is better. |
| HOU-MET-006 | FRED MORTGAGE30US / Freddie Mac PMMS https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US | FRED/Freddie Mac | Weekly | Weekly mortgage average; trend is absolute percentage-point change, shown as pp. | Lower mortgage rate is better for affordability. |
| HOU-MET-007 | FRED FIXHAI - Housing Affordability Index https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FIXHAI | FRED/NAR | Monthly | Index interpretation depends on NAR methodology and data availability notes. | Higher affordability index is better. |
| HOU-MET-008 | FRED RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N | FRED/Census | Quarterly | Vacancy is contextual: higher vacancy may ease renter pressure, but excessive vacancy may reflect market stress or local imbalance. | Contextual; do not score without banding/threshold review. |
| HOU-MET-009 | FRED PERMIT - New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PERMIT | FRED/Census-HUD New Residential Construction | Monthly | SAAR estimate; month-to-month volatility should be interpreted with trend context. | Higher permits generally indicate more future supply. |
| HOU-MET-010 | FRED HOUST - Housing Starts https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST | FRED/Census-HUD New Residential Construction | Monthly | SAAR estimate; starts can be volatile and lag permits. | Higher starts generally indicate more supply entering pipeline. |
| HOU-MET-011 | FRED COMPUTSA - Housing Completions https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/COMPUTSA | FRED/Census-HUD New Residential Construction | Monthly | SAAR estimate; completions are closest to delivered supply but still volatile. | Higher completions generally indicate more delivered supply. |
| HOU-MET-012 | FRED DRSFRMACBS - Mortgage Delinquency Rate https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DRSFRMACBS | FRED/Federal Reserve | Quarterly | Commercial-bank booked mortgages; not all mortgage market segments. | Lower delinquency rate is better. |
| HOU-MET-013 | HUD AHAR / Point-in-Time Homelessness Count https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar.html | HUD AHAR/PIT | Annual | One-night January PIT snapshot; methodology/count capacity can affect comparability, especially unsheltered counts. | Lower homelessness count is better. |
| HOU-MET-014 | HUD AHAR / Unsheltered PIT Count https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar.html | HUD AHAR/PIT | Annual | Unsheltered PIT counts are especially sensitive to local count capacity, weather, geography, and methodology. | Lower unsheltered homelessness count is better. |