Housing Assistance Council launches Rural Data Central

You can access this important new resource here.  It has sections on 

• Rural people and places
• Society
• Economy
• Housing
• Mortgage and Housing Finance
• Federally Assisted Housing

The Housing Assistance Council reports that the website 

is designed as a resource to help rural communities, organizations, and decisionmakers with data to inform strategies and solutions. Rural Data Central compiles over 275 million data points into one accessible and easy-to-use tool. Sign up for Rural Data Central today to get the data you need for your community.

With so little data available that teases out rural difference in various sectors, I'm excited about this new rural-focused source of quantitative data.