Elena Vasquez
Affordability Standards Editor
Rental affordability framing and editorial standards
Elena Vasquez oversees RentIndex's affordability framing and editorial standards. The role sets how the 30-percent-of-income threshold is applied, how Fair Market Rent is distinguished from market asking rent, and how corrections are handled. Comparisons and explainers are AI-assisted in research and drafting, then reviewed against primary HUD, Census, and BLS sources before publication.
Areas of focus
affordability thresholdsFair Market Rent vs market rentBLS shelter CPIcorrections policy
How our content is produced
Content is produced by an AI-augmented editorial team: research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by the named desk editor against primary public-data sources before publication.
See our Editorial Policy, Fact-Checking Policy, and Corrections Policy.