Mapping the Density of Baltimore's Vacant-Housing Crisis

I have spent some time learning about Baltimore's vacant housing crisis. This interactive map is a great tool for finding the number of vacant housing in the Baltimore area. Below is an image of the map.

"There are more than 16,000 vacant houses in Baltimore. Vacants are both densely pocketed inside the city and widespread across its boundaries...Ouazad built a map of census tracts for the entire Baltimore metropolitan area using American Community Survey data. This interactive map shows the number of housing units in each neighborhood alongside the vacancy rate. In some Baltimore neighborhoods—in too many of them—the vacancy rate amounts to one-third of the total housing or more."

"Vacancy rates are high in the neighborhoods of North Penn, Greater Mondawmin, and Sandtown-Winchester. Near the CVS that was torched in the pop-off following the death of Freddie Gray, vacancy rates rise as high as 40 percent. But the problem extends beyond the high-profile Baltimore neighborhoods targeted by crime and police."

Click HERE to read more of the article at City Lab's website.

Click HERE to access the interactive map by Ouazad.

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