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Where Down Payment Assistance Can Make the Biggest Difference in Tight Housing Markets
As housing affordability tightens and first-time buyers face record barriers to entry, local governments are turning to down payment assistance (DPA) as a strategic tool. But where can these funds make the greatest impact? Our newest blog shows how PolicyMap’s Multi-Layer Maps can be used to identify neighborhoods where affordability still exists, even as accelerating home prices threaten to narrow access for first-time buyers.
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WEBINAR RECORDINGS |
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PolicyMap Office Hours: The Power of Multi-Layer Maps
In the first PolicyMap Office Hours session, Phil Vu, Chief Customer Success Officer, reintroduces Multi-Layer Maps and highlights several highly requested improvements, including expanded zoom levels, map clipping, and the ability to download multi-layer data.
Explore how new enhancements help you zoom further, clip smarter, and download results for deeper analysis.
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Community Development Solutions Webinar
PolicyMap’s Tom Love joins NCDA’s latest Community Development Solutions Webinar to demonstrate how data-driven insights can support community development and housing planning efforts. In the session, Tom highlights how PolicyMap can be used to identify local housing needs, uncover trends, and support data-informed decision-making through real-world use cases.
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CUSTOMER STORY |
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Grounded Solutions Network
Grounded Solutions is a national nonprofit membership network comprised of shared equity housing organizations, municipal housing programs, state housing finance agencies, and nonprofits committed to growing the supply of housing with lasting affordability. Its mission is to cultivate communities that are stable and inclusive by advancing affordable housing solutions that last for generations. Grounded Solutions Network relies on PolicyMap’s data and mapping tools to better understand housing markets, guide investment decisions, and evaluate community impact.
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IN THE NEWS |
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Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
The Washington Post’s examines why estimates of America’s housing shortfall vary so widely—from 2 million to 20 million homes—and how differing definitions of vacancies, affordability, and household formation shape those numbers. The article highlights new research from Moody’s Analytics, PolicyMap, and Reinvestment Fund, underscoring the essential need for understanding housing need at the local level.
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BLS Local Area Unemployment (LAU) monthly statistics data has been updated through September 2025.
The CDFI Fund Certified CDFI point dataset has been updated for their latest January release
Minimum wage data by state from the U.S. Department of Labor has been updated for 2026.
The HRSA facilities point dataset has been updated for 2025-Q3 data release.
We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
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Published Research
Explore scholarly works from students and researchers using PolicyMap.
Residential segregation, housing cost, and smoking behaviors in Black Americans, published in ScienceDirect
Open PolicyMap Training Sessions
Offered twice a week. Register here.
Level 1: Learning the basics of PolicyMap
Level 2: Learn the Data Loader, Multi-Layer Maps, and other Advanced Features
Open to non-subscribers. Course times rotate weekly. Don’t see a time that works for you?
Contact us.
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Join Us!
ER&L 20th Annual Library Conference
March 1-4, 2025
Austin, TX
PolicyMap is excited to return to the annual conference hosted by Electronic Resources and Libraries. Join us and explore the latest trends, technologies, e-resource management, and digital services in libraries. Stop by booth #708 to learn more about our geographic data offerings!
Register here!
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