American Housing Survey
The AHS is used by many
organizations and government
groups
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• Congress through the congressional budget office,
congressional research service (library of
congress) and general accounting office
• Congressionally appointed special commissions
 § Meeting Our Nation’s Housing Challenges: Report of
the Bipartisan Millennial Housing Commission
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Trade associations –
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National Association of Realtors,
National Association of Home Builders,
National Multi Housing Association,
Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
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Secondary Mortgage Market Government
Sponsored Enterprises – Freddie Mac and
Fannie Mae
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Policy Groups
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National Low Income Housing Coalition,
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Rental Housing Production Need
Estimates
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Perspectives on Renter Income and
Affordable Units
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Low Income Housing Profile
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Joint Center at Harvard
§ State of the Nation’s Housing: 2002 (also
2001, 2000, 1999. 1998, 199,…)
§ Low-Income Homeownership:
Examining the Unexamined Goal
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Joint Center at Harvard
§ State of the Nation’s
Housing: 2002 (also
2001, 2000, 1999. 1998,
199,…)
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Harvard’s Remodeling
Futures Project
§Measuring the
Benefits of Home
Remodeling
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Joint Center at Harvard
§ Low-Income
Homeownership:
Examining the
Unexamined Goal
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Housing Assistance Council,
§The State of the Nation’s Rural Housing in 1996;
§Rural Rental Housing: HAC's 1999 State of the
Nation's Rural Housing Report
§Why Housing Matters: HAC's 2000 Report on the
State of the Nation's Rural Housing
§ Taking Stock of Rural People, Poverty, and
Housing for the 21st Century
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American Housing Survey for the
United States – This is the main dissemination
method for the Survey and it documents the housing
situations of all Americans. Housing is one of the most
basic human needs and as a Nation we must give it the
utmost attention.
Every two years we publish about 15 reports – A National
Report and about 14 Metropolitan Areas Reports.
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Worst Case Needs Report – A Congressionally Mandated
Report. Recent reports are:
Worst Case Needs for Housing Assistance, 1990/91
Rental Assistance at a Crossroads: A report to
Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs, 1996
Rental Housing Assistance – The Crisis Continues:
The 1997 report to Congress on Worst Case Housing
Needs
Rental Housing Assistance – The Worsening Crisis: A
Report to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs
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Housing situation of the Elderly – Congressional
report
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Housing Our Elders: A Report Card on the
Housing Conditions and Needs of Older Americans
Market Dynamics Study – How does housing get allocated
over time – filtering and reuse.
Telecommuting and working at home.
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Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) requires
use of objective and measurable
goals and AHS is a major
source of data.
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FY2002
Performance and
Accountability Report
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Assessing the Quality of HUD Tenants (3
reports, one in process)
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Characteristics of HUD-Assisted
Renters and Their Units – 1989, 1991 and
1993
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• Fair Market Rents –
About 1.6 to 1.8
million families
receive over $15
billion of housing
assistance through the
Section 8 Voucher and
Certificates program
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• Section 8 FMRs
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Components of Inventory Change
Evaluate new program ideas, i.e., costs of tax credit for
housing elderly and/or disabled family members.
President’s Homeownership Strategy – used to develop
national goal, minority goal and goals for other special
needs groups and to track progress
Hedonic Rent functions and evaluating Federal assistance
programs (General Accounting Office Study by Ed Olson)
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Input to local government Consolidated Plans
required as condition of receiving HUD assistance
A major component of HUD is the Federal Housing
Administration and the AHS has been used to:
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Setting maximum loan limits on FHA
mortgages.
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Monitor mortgage characteristics
Assessment of Lead-Based Paint risk and prevalence
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Housing conditions section of the report by the President’s
Initiative on Race
Housing Aspects of Youth Characteristics NCES
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America’s Children: Key National Indicators of WellBeing
HUD has responsibility for monitoring the GSE Housing
Goals – Fannie and Freddie are Federally chartered and
have responsibility to provide mortgage lending to
underserved areas and low and moderate income families.
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