Thanks to the July 21st USDA Rural Development data release, there is now a user-friendly map through which anyone can search subsidized rural properties. The searchable map and newly released data sets include critical information for those interested in acquiring and helping to preserve properties that are so valuable in rural areas.

For rural multifamily housing properties, information on a wide variety of identifiers is searchable and mappable: by state, county, zip code, and congressional district; by owner type (nonprofit, for-profit); by specific management company; with Low Income Housing Tax Credits; with Section 521 Rental Assistance; by tenant income; by property type (senior, disabled, family, etc.); and by estimated year the property will exit its federal subsidy program and end its use requirements. For each individual property, the data show the above information as well as demographics and other information.

Also available are the entire data sets of RD properties. The “Multi-Family 515 Data” links the user to an excel spreadsheet that lists the almost 14,500 Section 515 properties, and the “Multi-Family 538 Data” links the user to a similar spreadsheet listing the almost 800 Section 538 properties.

Article written for LeadingAge by Linda Couch.

 

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