The purpose of this paper is to discuss strategies for selecting metropolitan area samples for the American Housing Survey (AHS) for 2015 and beyond and to detail the decision the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made regarding metropolitan area selection. This whitepaper is organized into five parts. Part 1 presents a history of metropolitan area selection. Part 2 discusses user needs and lessons learned from past surveys. Part 3 discusses how metropolitan areas can be categorized. Part 4 presents four metropolitan area selection strategies. Part 5 presents HUD’s decision regarding metropolitan area selection strategies for 2015 and beyond.