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    • Location Affordability Index v 2.0

    Metadata Updated: March 11, 2026

    The Location Affordability Index (LAI) helps to better understand the combined cost of housing and transportation. First launched by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Transportation (DOT) in November 2013, the LAI provides ubiquitous, standardized household housing and transportation cost estimates at the Census block-group level for the majority of the populated area of the United States. Because what is affordable is different for everyone, users can choose among eight household profiles—which vary by household income, size, and number of commuters—and see the impact of the built environment on affordability in a given neighborhood location while holding household demographics constant.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from HUD JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 11, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Maintainer
    Identifier c1c32742599a42c9a45c95be50ed2ab6
    Data First Published 2017-08-08T13:12:34.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-31T15:42:29.487Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 025:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://hud.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/c1c32742599a42c9a45c95be50ed2ab6/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&output=html
    Harvest Object Id a57c1ce2-b9ad-4255-8385-0b34c8d5ecb5
    Harvest Source Id c98ee13b-1e1a-4350-a47e-1bf13aaa35d6
    Harvest Source Title HUD JSON
    Homepage URL https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c1c32742599a42c9a45c95be50ed2ab6
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 025:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2a90be2bbafc1e1f26783e9bb4024d00ce17298ac5dff301e8ce1869f6f81a8f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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