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Closing the Gaps: What New Broadband and Housing Permit Data Tell Us About Community Growth
Aug 14, 2025 1:48:49 PM
Closing the Gaps: What New Broadband and Housing Permit Data Tell Us About Community Growth
by Drew Stiehl on Aug 14, 2025 1:48:49 PM
Before joining mySidewalk, I spent years planning transportation networks and city development—systems built to move people, ideas, and economies. Whether we’re talking about roads, broadband, or housing, one thing holds true: when systems don’t reach everyone, opportunity doesn’t eit …
Seeing 20/20: How Indiana Makes Clear Investments into Affordable Housing
by the mySidewalk Team on Nov 15, 2022 11:38:00 AM
If you only had $30 to spend at a grocery store, what would you buy to get the most out of your limited resources? Maybe you’d buy some protein, some rice, a handful of produce, and a half gallon of milk. If there was room, maybe you could splurge on a treat for your children. Regardl …
Generating Affordable Housing Insights for the State of Nebraska
by the mySidewalk Team on Aug 29, 2022 12:00:00 PM
The Ask When the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) approached our team, they were at a crossroads. Data tables living on the website were freely available for nonprofit housing organizations, developers and local community stakeholders to sift through, but the clunky number …
The Perfect Fit: HUD Low-Mod Data in mySidewalk
by Drew Stiehl on Aug 8, 2022 12:00:00 PM
mySidewalk added HUD Low- and Moderate-Income data to our platform. This data is a critical component of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications, and helps housing and community development practitioners see where low- and moderate-income populations are located in their …
Home is Where the Heart Is
by David Valdiviezo on Jul 14, 2022 12:48:41 PM
Take a drive through pockets of any city, and you will see them. You may avert your eyes because you know what they mean. You may mistakenly attribute it to a massive spring cleaning effort.
Locate Your Community's Affordable Housing with Data from the NHPD
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 20, 2021 12:03:24 PM
NEW: National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD) indicators are now available to all mySidewalk subscribers.
5 Eye-opening Data Lessons after a Year of Sheltering at Home
by the mySidewalk Team on Feb 10, 2021 3:02:54 PM
We believe that data in the right hands can make a better world. This has never been more apparent to us than in the past 12 months. That’s because data has done some incredible things this year. Here are just a few examples: We have sheltered at home watching Covid cases rise and fal …
Why The New HUD Rule Change Is a Mission Critical Problem
by the mySidewalk Team on Aug 13, 2020 9:47:51 AM
On July 23rd, 2020, HUD Secretary Ben Carson terminated the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) assessment rule. This rule helped ensure people of all protected classes had access to quality, affordable homes by requiring HUD applicants to complete fair housing assessmen …