Researcher's Guide to HUD(Department of Housing and Urban Development) Data, Third Edition

摘要

This report describes major data bases of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). List and order forms for annual housing survey and experimental housing allowance data are provided, as are guidelines for preparation of data files under research funded by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research. Directions for using HUD's census data are supplied; summary data on local areas and microdata on individuals are presented; and geographic coding schemes used at HUD are explained. Excerpts of the data base developed during a 1977 investigation of racial discrimination in housing are included, as are forms used to collect information on homes and their buyers. Multifamily housing data, including data on public housing authorities and on individual projects and individual tenants, are attached. Data directories compiled for various multifamily systems are provided and serve as a catalog of data items and their characteristics. A discrepancy report which lists the materials and methodologies used to compile the directories is supplied.