Privacy Policy

This policy describes how Affordable Housing by ZIP (“we”) handles information onaffordablehousingbyzip.com. We do not create user accounts and we do not sell personal information.

Information you provide

• Search. A ZIP or city you type is used only to show the matching page. We do not use it to build a profile.
• Contact form. If you write to us, we collect the name, email, subject, and message you submit. Netlify Forms processes that submission so we can reply.
• Use my location. If you tap that button, your browser asks permission. We then send latitude and longitude to our own /near/ page to pick the nearest ZIP. We do not store those coordinates after the redirect.

Information collected automatically

• Hosting logs. Netlify may receive standard technical data (IP address, browser, pages requested) for security and reliability.
• Analytics (optional). If Google Analytics 4 is configured, it may collect page views and approximate location under Google’s terms. You can block analytics cookies in your browser.

Maps and third parties

• OpenFreeMap. Building maps load vector tiles fromtiles.openfreemap.org (Bright style) only after you view the map. OpenFreeMap is an open tile service; requests may be cached on a CDN (including Cloudflare). We do not send your name or a street address to OpenFreeMap.
• Directions. The Directions link opens Google Maps with the building’s coordinates or address. Google’s privacy policy then applies.
• Section 8 calculator. The calculator link goes to section8calculator.com with an optional ?zip=. That site has its own privacy policy.
• GeoNames is used at build time for ZIP geography, not in your browser.

How we use information

• To show housing records for the ZIP or city you asked for
• To reply to contact messages and reported corrections
• To keep the site working and to understand which pages are used (if analytics is on)

We do not sell or rent personal information. We do not run ads on this site today.

Retention

Contact messages stay in Netlify Forms until we delete them after handling. Server logs follow our host’s retention. Analytics, if enabled, follows Google’s retention settings.

Children

This directory is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect their data.

Contact

Privacy questions: the contact form. We may update this policy; the date at the bottom is the latest version.

Last updated: November 8, 2026