American Housing Survey.ppt

American Housing Survey Office of Economic Affairs Office of Policy Development and Research U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ____________________________________________ Housing Statistics User Group—West University of California—Berkeley September 25, 2003 American Housing Survey The impetus for the survey goes back to the social unrest in the 1960’s. As a result of the urban rioting, two commissions were set up to study the causes of the problems – The Douglas Commission on Urban Problems and the President’s Committee on Urban Housing, aka, Kaiser Committee. The Kaiser Committee recommended an annual housing survey in order to be able to assess the seriousness of housing needs at that time and to track progress of the National Housing Production goals American Housing Survey The American Housing Survey consists of two major components: The National Survey conducted in odd-numbered years The Metropolitan Surveys – 47 Metro Areas 41 Metropolitan Areas are surveyed every sixth year in even-numbered years. 6 Large Metropolitan Areas are surveyed every four years as part of the National survey American Housing Survey The American Housing Survey is sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau Started as the Annual Housing Survey started in 1973 and changed to biennial in 1982 Metros reduced from 60 metro areas every three years to 45 areas every four years in 1980 Metros switched to every six years after 1998. American Housing Survey Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA PMSA Atlanta, GA MSA Baltimore, MD MSA Birmingham, AL MSA Boston, MA-NH CMSA Buffalo, NY CMSA Charlotte, NC-SC MSA Chicago, IL PMSA * Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA Cleveland, OH PMSA Columbus, OH MSA Dallas, TX PMSA Denver, CO MSA Detroit, MI PMSA * Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA Hartford, CT MSA Houston, TX PMSA Indianapolis, IN MSA Kansas City, MO-KS MSA Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA * Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL CMSA Milwaukee, WI PMSA Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-