The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Research & Development has made available a report and supporting data that provides a regional or metropolitan perspective on residential and business vacancies using mail delivery data from the US Postal Service. The report is available through the Office’s website, www.huduser.org. The report includes:
- Number of Vacant Residential Addresses – addresses that delivery staff on urban routes have identified as being vacant for 90 days or longer.
- Number of Vacant Business Addresses – addresses that delivery staff on urban routes have identified as being vacant for 90 days or longer.
- Residential Vacancy Rate – (Residential Vacant/Residential Addresses) * 100
- Business Vacancy Rate – (Business Vacant/Business Addresses) * 100
