Difficult Development Areas

As defined by the Bureau of Housing and Urban Development, Difficult Development Areas (DDA) are defined as areas with high land, construction and utility costs relative to the area median income. While HUD provides low-income housing tax credits to encourage...

Lies, Damned Lies, And Crime Statistics

Just a few weeks ago, the moderator in a presidential debate ‘fact checked’ one candidate’s assertion that crime rates were going up in the United States, citing the 2022 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) which said the opposite. The news recently hit that upon the release...

Retail Loss and Commercial Real Estate

Retail loss, also known as shoplifting or theft, has continued to make headlines month after month since mid-2020. Recently, Target announced that retail loss is forcing them to close 9 stores in Northern California, Portland, New York, Seattle and Pittsburgh. This...

The Columbus Districts Project

Occasionally, we get an odd request via the contact us form on our website. Most of the time, nothing comes of it; people find what they need elsewhere, or we don’t have what they are looking for. So, when we got a request for a research project that needed CrimeRisk...