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Statistical Brief: Vacant Homes
Statistical Brief: Vacant Homes
Report Number SB/93-4
In 1991, according to the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS), there were 12 million vacant housing units in the United States — in other words, about 1 of every 9 homes.
A housing unit is considered “vacant” if no one was living there at the time of the survey. This excludes any homes whose usual occupants were only temporarily absent — on an extended vacation, for instance. But it includes homes (intended for year-round use) whose sole occupants were persons who usually live elsewhere.
This Brief examines some of the characteristics of vacant units and how they’ve changed between 1989 and 1991 in each region and the Nation as a whole.
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