Research Report Columbus Market: Keys Unlock Dreams Initiative
Peter J Mattingly, Jung Hyun Choi, Daniel Pang, Janneke Ratcliffe
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This chartbook provides a comprehensive overview of racial disparities in homeownership in the city of Columbus and the Columbus metropolitan statistical area. It contains analyses of household socioeconomic characteristics, mortgage and credit, home prices, and housing supply in Columbus that are all related to the lower Black homeownership rate and housing wealth in the region. Shifting racial and ethnic demographics—coupled with lower household incomes, increasing home values, and a lack of new homes—create a unique situation in Columbus that poses several obstacles to supporting borrowers and increasing homeownership. The data in this volume, the third in the Keys Unlock Dreams initiative, aim to help local decisionmakers identify and evaluate solutions to racial housing wealth disparities in their area and to offer metrics and benchmarks toward progress.

Research and Evidence Housing and Communities
Expertise Housing Finance Policy Center Housing
Tags Black/African American communities Housing affordability and supply Housing and the economy Housing markets Racial barriers to housing
States Ohio
Cities Columbus, OH
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