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AHS Housing Affordability Data System (HADS)
The HADS is a set of files derived from the 1985 and later national American Housing Survey (AHS) and the 2002 and later Metro AHS.
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AHS Components of Inventory Change (CINCH) reports
The CINCH report uses AHS data to measure changes in the nation’s housing stock and compare characteristics of individual housing units across time.
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Differences in Fuel Usage in the United States Housing Stock
Using data from the 2017 AHS, this brief describes the relationship between when homes were built and what types of fuel and equipment they use.
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State-Level Design-Based Estimates for National Surveys
This paper examines how different methods within the design-base framework can be used to produce sub-national estimates.
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Analysis of Trends in Household Composition Using AHS Data
This report evaluates changes in AHS household composition from 2003 to 2009, particularly those changes that reflect an increase in doubled-up households.
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Between-Survey Changes in the Number of Bedrooms in a Unit
This paper examines the extent to which bedroom counts for units in the American Housing Survey (AHS) change between surveys and how this variation affects the analysis of rental affordability.
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American Housing Survey: A Measure of (Poor) Housing Quality
This report develops a Poor Quality Index (PQI) that measures the level of physical deficiencies in American Housing Survey (AHS) sample housing units.
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Housing Adequacy and Quality As Measured by the AHS
This report examines the AHS measure of housing adequacy and defines which physical problems most often result in a unit being labeled as severely inadequate.
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Streamlining the American Housing Survey
This HUD report includes recommendations to streamline the AHS by eliminating or modifying content that is currently of marginal usefulness.
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Disability Variables in the American Housing Survey
This report compares disability data in the AHS with other Federal surveys and explores why the AHS shows lower incidences of units with disabilities.
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Housing Units that Serve Both the Renter and Owner Markets
This study uses linked AHS data over the period 1985-2009 to examine units that change tenure between owner-occupied and renter-occupied, in either direction.
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A Tale of Two Surveys: Mortgage Wealth Data in the AHS and the SIPP
This report analyzes those with at least one mortgage as reported in the 2005 AHS and wave 3 of the 2004 SIPP panel.
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Investigating Very High Rent Burdens Among Renters in the AHS
This research examines the demographic characteristics, causes, and persistence of renter households with high rent burdens.
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Combining AHS & ACS to Produce Information for Public Emergencies
This research project explores the possibility of using small-area statistical techniques to generate information for areas not covered by the AHS.
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2007 Metropolitan Disaster Planning Analytical Support of the AHS
This report documents the information in the AHS that is useful for disaster-planning analyses.
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A Comparison to Selected Housing and Financial Characteristics.
This report describes differences between AHS and ACS in regard to survey goals, sample design, collection techniques, and processing methods.
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Trends in Housing Costs: 1985-2005 and the 30-Percent-of-Income Std.
This study examines why housing costs have changed so much relative to income over time and what benchmark to use to measure housing affordability.
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Home Mortgage Finance from the 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005 AHS
The purpose of this report is to help researchers and policymakers evaluate how well the AHS housing finance data can serve their needs.
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Valuing Housing in Household and Family Economic Well-Being
This paper examines the incorporation of housing benefits in measures of economic well-being.
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Imputation via Triangular Regression-Based Hot Deck
This HUD report describes the imputation system developed for the 2005 AHS Income variables.
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32 Years of Housing Data
This report documents the long-term changes in major measures of the size, composition, and quality of housing in the nation from 1973 to 2005.
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Comparison of Housing Information from the AHS and the ACS
This report compares housing information and 2005 estimates for the AHS and the ACS, and provides guidance on how and when to use the two surveys.
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Evaluation of the 2005 Changes in the AHS Income Questionnaire
This HUD report compares income data from 2003 and 2005. In 2005, AHS adopted income questions similar to those used by the ACS.
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Comparison of Housing Information from the AHS and the ACS
This HUD report documents the similarities and differences between the two surveys and compares estimates of key housing statistics.
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Measuring Overcrowding in Housing
Using data from the 1985 and 2005 AHS, this study evaluates the incidence of crowding and its undesirable effects on occupants.
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The American Housing Survey and Non-Traditional Mortgage Products
This HUD report suggests changes to the AHS mortgage questions with the objective of obtaining more information on the non-traditional mortgage products.
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Taking Account of Housing in Measures of Household Income
This paper presents evaluations of net imputed rental income of homeowners for inclusion in a measure of income examining economic well-being.
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Analysis of Racial Characterization under Different Reporting Options
This report uses longitudinal data from the AHS to evaluate the effect of the U.S. Census Bureau’s change in race data collection.
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Characteristics of Units and Their Occupants Associated with Changes in Tenure Status
This study uses the longitudinal features of the AHS to identify the characteristics of units that change from owner occupied to renter occupied and vice versa.
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Commuting Patterns and the Housing Stock
This paper explores ways to merge the AHS with another survey to produce a synthetic dataset more suitable to testing the spatial mismatch hypothesis.
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Elderly Housing Consumption: Historical Patterns and Projected Trends
This report uses American Housing Survey data to consider the implications of the aging of the population for the size and characteristics of the housing stock.
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Effects of Changes in Ownership on Repair and Remodeling Behavior in Owner-Occupied Housing
This study uses data from the AHS to explore the kinds of home improvement projects that are performed just before or after a change in ownership.
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Impact of Moving and Job Changes on Commuting Time
This study uses the commuting data collected by the AHS to examine the relationship between commuting time and household moves for different household types.
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Housing Data between the Censuses
A guide to the American Housing Survey and related housing data sources.
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These Old Houses: 2001
This report uses the 2001 AHS to compare the characteristics of housing units built before 1920 to those built in 1990 or later.
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Rental Market Dynamics: Is Affordable Housing For the Poor an Endangered Species?
This study uses AHS metropolitan data from 1995 to 1999 to examine changes in the affordable rental stock for six metropolitan areas.
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