Studies

Housing studies

Housing studies analyze the current housing potential and outlines opportunities within the city for new housing development.

Citywide

• Housing South Bend (Kinder Institute for Urban Research Analysis of Housing Trends) (2022)
• South Bend Residential Market Potential Methodology (2021)
• South Bend Target Market Descriptions (2021)
• Final Report of Residential Market Potential | Executive Summary – Analysis of Residential Market Potential (2018)

Downtown

• Downtown South Bend Residential Market Potential Update – Exec Summary | Downtown South Bend Residential Market Potential Update (2021)
• Downtown South Bend Market Rate Housing Study (2013)

East Bank

• East Bank Residential Market Potential – Exec Summary | East Bank Residential Market Potential (2021)

Northeast

• Northeast Residential Market Potential – Exec Summary | Northeast Residential Market Potential (2021)

Westside

• Westside Corridors Market Potential Residential (2014)

McKinley Terrace

• McKinley Terrace Neighborhood Study (2022)

Commercial studies

Commercial studies address the challenges and opportunities in the city’s commercial corridors.

• Westside Corridors Industrial Market Analysis (2014)
• Vacant & Abandoned Properties Task Force Report (2013) | Learn more about the Vacant & Abandoned Properties initiative

Parking studies

• Downtown South Bend Parking Study (2016)