COMMUNITY
WorkshopLV | Housing shall be advisory to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) on all housing and housing-related issues, studies and projects necessary to achieve the housing policies outlined in FutureLV: The Regional Plan. Anticipated Workshop results include data reports, technical studies, guidance documents, actionable policies and regional plans that help to diversify and improve access to housing for current and future residents.
Purpose
Improve access to attainable housing by diversifying the type, location, cost and other metrics of housing to meet the social, economic and future needs of the Lehigh Valley. WorkshopLV | Housing is established to identify and address a wide variety of housing issues, including supply, variety and affordability.
WORKSHOPLV: HOUSING
Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 3 pm
Attending the meeting can be done by using this link http://tiny.cc/WKH415.
From there, using “the web app instead” function will enable anyone to see the meeting and chat by computer.
Those who would also like to speak during the courtesy of the floor portion of the meeting can do it by calling 610-477-5793 and using the conference ID# 208 513 899#.
Agenda and Presentations
April 15, 2021 at 3 pm
Agenda
Presentation
2020 Agendas and Presentations
Housing Market Report
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission creates a five-year Housing Market Report every two years. The report is based on information collected by Lehigh and Northampton counties, as well as the US Census’ American Community Survey, and presents information on housing sales and rental costs and occupancy for the Lehigh Valley. This information is valuable to municipal staff, elected officials, housing professionals and the general public, and helps to inform conversations about housing and housing-related issues.
The most recent report is available on DataLV Housing landing page, but Housing Market Reports from prior years are available bellow as PDFs along with other studies, reports and plans regarding housing.
Previous Housing Market Reports
HOUSING MARKET REPORT 2012-2016 -
The 2012-2016 Housing Market Report was released on DataLV in December of 2017. The report built upon the information from the previous two Housing Market Reports and the 2014 Regional Housing Plan. This report focused on sales, cost and occupancy information at both the municipal and school district levels, and provides a snapshot of the region that is useful to municipal staff, elected officials, housing professionals and the general public.
HOUSING MARKET REPORT 2010-2014 -
In December 2015, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) released the 2010-2014 Housing Market Report. The report is the continuation of two previous reports, titled Home Buying During Economic Uncertainty: Housing Sales in the Lehigh Valley, PA 2008-2012 and Housing in the Lehigh Valley published by the LVPC in 2014 and 2009, respectively. In addition, the 2014 Regional Housing Plan, a comprehensive look at housing opportunities in the Lehigh Valley, had a portion revisited through the lens of housing sales in the report. The Housing Market Report provides valuable information for municipal staff, elected officials, housing professionals and the general public on housing sales.
HOME BUYING DURING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: HOUSING SALES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY 2008-2012
Owning a home is considered a part of the American Dream. What happens to this dream when the national economy is reeling from uncertainty on Wall Street and other financial markets? Housing sales data is important data in analyzing housing demand and can provide a clear picture about the health of the housing market and to a lesser degree, the regional economy from year to year. This report provides a local analysis of housing sales from 2008 – 2012 at the regional, county, municipal and school district level.
Housing Plan
Regional Housing Plan 2014
REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN 2014 - Click here for PDF
This Regional Housing Plan provides an updated analysis of the Lehigh Valley housing market in light of the changed
economy since the start of the Great Recession in 2008, which exerted a particularly profound impact on households with low or moderate incomes. The report broadens the effort from 2007 in that it:
1) looks at housing affordability across all incomes relative to the cost burdening threshold, and
2) examines the proximity of jobs and housing affordable for those jobs.
In addition, this report translates public input, analysis of population and economic growth, a current housing profile, and analysis of critical influences on housing markets, all integrated into a set of goals, policies and implementation strategies to make progress on housing issues in the Lehigh Valley. It builds on the housing goals currently incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan and informs the next update of the Comprehensive Plan.
Ultimately, the goal of the Regional Housing Plan is to identify ways that the LVPC can work with the region’s governments, nonprofit and for-profit partners to improve housing opportunities in the Lehigh Valley.
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
961 Marcon Boulevard - Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: (610) 264-4544
Toll Free: (888) 627-8808