The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public on the data collection process for the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS). The AHS provides a periodic measure of the size and composition of the country’s housing inventory and includes data on topics such as the amount and types of changes in the inventory, the physical condition of the inventory, the characteristics of the occupants, housing costs, the persons eligible for and beneficiaries of assisted housing, and the number and characteristics of vacancies. HUD uses AHS data for two important reasons:
- Policy analysts monitor housing needs, demand and supply, and changes in housing conditions & costs, to aid in the development of housing policies and the design of housing programs appropriate for different target groups.
- HUD uses the data to evaluate, monitor, and design HUD programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Comments are due by October 12, 2010.
