Why Residential Stability Matters to Food Systems
Residential stability builds community and brings consistency to a place. Improving residential stability can positively impact the food environment by creating predictable and sustained demand for food and food services. High residential stability helps local growers, retail outlets, and suppliers thrive and increases tenure among food businesses. Low residential stability makes it harder for food businesses to predict demand and communities end up with low-risk food businesses like convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and liquor stores. Counties with a residential stability score higher than 70% are considered having high residential stability.