The American Housing Survey (AHS) measures physical adequacy, a concept related to, but different from, housing quality. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development developed this measure to assess the extent to which the housing stock met the standard of “a decent home and a suitable...

The 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS) contains two new features that provide enhanced information on rental housing units that receive subsidies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These features are the use of (1) HUD administrative information to identify AHS...

The American Housing Survey (AHS) added six questions about disability in the 2009 survey. The questions were taken from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the same questions have been used in other Federal surveys. This report compares the treatment of disability in the AHS with these and...

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. For the 43,000 units in both the 2009 and 2011 AHS surveys, 18 percent had a different number of...

This report uses data from the American Housing Survey (AHS) to analyze changes in household composition from the 2003 survey through the 2009 survey (hereafter, from 2003 to 2009), particularly those changes that reflect an increase in doubled-up households. The term "other household member" is...

This research project explores the possibility of using small area statistical techniques to generate information for areas not covered by the American Housing Survey (AHS). This information is only available in the AHS, and could prove useful in preparing for or responding to a disaster. The...

The 2017 American Housing Survey (AHS) included a supplemental survey of rental units receiving subsidies from programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In addition, the U.S. Census Bureau used addresses provided by HUD to identify other units in its...

The 2015 American Housing Survey (AHS) included a supplemental survey of rental units receiving subsidies from programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In addition, the U.S. Census Bureau used addresses provided by HUD to identify other units in its...