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PD&R UPDATES

12 DECEMBER, 2023

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CASE STUDIES

Washington, D.C. Builds Transitional Housing in the Southwest Waterfront Neighborhood

The Aya is a seven-story apartment building in Washington, D.C.’s Southwest Waterfront neighborhood. All 50 units serve as transitional housing for families who experienced or were on the verge of experiencing homelessness. The Aya is one of several such projects the District developed throughout the city in the wake of the closure of the city’s large aging homeless shelter. The distinctive building has a stair-like shape and is LEED Gold-Certified. Common areas in the Aya include computer rooms, a dining room, children’s play areas, and a community health clinic. Support staff can help residents with permanent housing search assistance, job counseling, and other wraparound services. The apartments are within a short walk of a grocery store, library, Metrorail station, and other amenities.


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Using Incentives to Reduce Nonresponse Bias in the American Housing Survey

Facing declining response rates to the American Housing Survey (AHS), HUD enlisted the Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES) at the General Services Administration to conduct an incentive experiment. OES aimed to improve data quality and reduce survey nonresponse bias by targeting incentives to households with the highest probabilities of nonresponse. The 2021 AHS experiment involved varying incentive amounts ($1, $3, $5, $10) and testing targeted versus nontargeted approaches. Results showed that targeting did not reduce survey nonresponse bias, but the targeted group exhibited higher response rates than the nontargeted group. Despite the mixed outcomes, the report provides detailed insights into the study design, methods, and results.

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DATASET RELEASES

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Worst Case Needs Housing Trends Data
Embark on a voyage through the decades with HUD User's Worst Case Needs Housing Trends Data tool. This data visualization tool draws from the rich well of HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs reports from 1978 to 2021. It reveals the intricate dynamics of housing trends for households, including very low-income renter and owner households. You can delve into the trends shaping the sufficiency of rental supply and elevate your understanding of housing dynamics with this data, exclusively available on HUD User.


Call For Papers: Cityscape Symposium - Lessons Learned from HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program Evaluation
In 2025, Cityscape intends to publish several articles in a symposium that explore strategies for improving program outcomes for HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. A central goal is to highlight programs that perform well on measurable outcomes, including reducing the FSS drop-out/exit rate, recruiting and retention strategies, and achieving long-term income growth. Papers may be from any discipline but broad enough for a multidisciplinary audience. Articles must be original work not published elsewhere.

Submitted papers deemed appropriate for the symposium will be peer-reviewed and may need to be revised and resubmitted before a final decision on publication is made. To be considered for the Cityscape symposium on Lessons Learned from HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program, papers must be submitted by May 1, 2024. Submit papers to both of the following email addresses: Mark Shroder (mark.d.shroder@hud.gov) and Regina Gray (regina.c.gray@hud.gov).

PD&R is also seeking reviewers. If you are interested in being a peer reviewer for this symposium, please let us know and provide a current CV so that we can match you with appropriate papers.

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