Housing-Crisis-Project

Housing affordability is a growing concern in many U.S. counties. Factors such as increasing rent, low household incomes, and concentrated job or retail development can displace vulnerable residents who cannot keep pace with rising costs. In this analysis, I focus on Champaign County, Illinois, creating a “displacement risk” measure by combining local Census data (rent burden and demographic factors) with variables from the Location Affordability Index (LAI), such as housing costs, job density, retail density, and more.