Comparison of Housing Information

From: HUD USER News
 
In the United States, researchers, policy analysts, and
the general public have two rich sources of regularly
updated information on housing - the American Housing
Survey (AHS) and the American Community Survey (ACS).
The AHS consists of a survey of the national housing
stock and surveys of the housing stock in major
metropolitan areas. It collects demographic information
that helps us better understand the types of households
that occupy housing units. The ACS focuses on the
population and documents the type of housing occupied by
America's households. While the ACS provides data on
many housing variables, it does not furnish the in-depth
information that the AHS provides about the cost and
financing of housing, the physical attributes of housing
units, and how units change over time.
 
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has
published a comparison of the two surveys that will be
helpful to researchers and practitioners alike. The
report looks at the similarities and differences between
the two surveys and compares estimates of the key
housing statistics provided by each.
 
Comparison of Housing Information from the American
Housing Survey and the American Community Survey can be
downloaded for free
at www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/polleg/comparison_hsg.html.
 
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