BIA Foundation Plays a Critical Leadership Role on Housing Issues

If you could study any area of our housing market, what would it be?

Would it be the impact of Intel and other large commercial projects on the labor market? How does the central Ohio market compare to peer cities in terms of fees and taxes that come with building a residential project? Or, perhaps, it’s the actual impact on schools in terms of attendance and (or) performance that comes with new housing in population growth? Maybe it’s the impact of online sales as a disruptor in the traditional sales model for suppliers and builders.

There are any number of issues that might be important to our members and the central Ohio community as a whole, and part of the BIA Foundation’s role is to find the answers to those questions.

In 2017 and again in 2022, the Foundation’s support of the Central Ohio Housing Needs Assessment has played a critical role in demonstrating the underbuilding occurring in central Ohio and has been the backbone for other work being done regionally in terms of accommodating the anticipated growth in central Ohio. In short, the Housing Study helped our members and the community at large.

It is imperative for the Foundation to continue to be at the forefront of that leadership. It simply cannot occur twice a decade.

If you or your company has a thought on an area that might be important to research, please let us know. Being seen as an organization that brings trusted information to the public is a critical role for both the BIA and the Foundation, and now is the time to make our move.