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Assisted Housing Tenant Data

Assisted Housing Tenant Data. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research. Data from HUD’s Administrative Systems. Data on participants of three HUD rental subsidy programs Public Housing Housing Choice Vouchers

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Assisted Housing Tenant Data

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  1. Assisted Housing Tenant Data U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research

  2. Data from HUD’s Administrative Systems Data on participants of three HUD rental subsidy programs • Public Housing • Housing Choice Vouchers • Section 8 and other project-based assistance

  3. Data from HUD’s Administrative Systems Data collection is done through MTCS (PIC) & TRACS • Types of data collected • Administrative uses of the data • Policy and budget uses of the data • Research uses of the data

  4. Data from HUD’s Administrative Systems Description of data, and data quality issues • Means of data collection; frequency • Use of front-end edits • Large number of vendors and providers of data • Data completeness

  5. Publications  “Picture of Subsidized Households in 1998” • Family summary data by program, PHA, project, tract • Provides socio-economic and housing data • One of our most widely used publications • Provides project geocodes to allow for other summarization • Data can be viewed or downloaded: www.huduser.org/datasets/assthsg/statedata98/index.html

  6. Publications “Housing Choice Voucher Location Patterns: Implications for Participant and Neighborhood Welfare,” January 2003 • Detailed data on participants and neighborhoods • Summary data on 50 most populous metro areas (MSAs), and for center cities and suburbs of each area • Provides both household- and tract-level analysis • Also provides data for States and some PHAs • Users can download most statistical tables as Excel files www.huduser.org/publications/hsgfin/location_paper.html

  7. Researcher Access to HUD Data Assisted Housing Research Cadre • HUD’s Contractor provides access to data • Researcher file provided to cadre members, who work as subcontractors • Special tasks – eight are underway • Supports policy-relevant research – good model for future

  8. Researcher Access to HUD Data “Democratizing data” – 1997 Federal Register Notice • Researcher access to microdata files • No unique identifiers – name, SSN, dob or address • Research on housing and community development issues • May not identify or have interest in individuals • Data available for 1995-2003 • Some capability for longitudinal analysis • Not publicized widely, but available to researchers • Files are part of a Privacy Act system of records • Templates available for organization and researchers

  9. Useful URLs Content of TRACS data; see especially the Monthly Activity Transmission (MAT) and TRACS information packet: www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/trx/trxdocs.cfm Content of MTCS (PIC) data; see especially the 50058 form and instruction booklets, and the technical reference guide: www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/50058/index.cfm

  10. Contact Robert Gray Robert_W._Gray@HUD.gov 202-708-4504, x5732 Barbara Haley Barbara_A._Haley@HUD.gov 202-708-5537, x5708

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