Estimates of the need for new housing construction and for rehabilitation of existing units in the U.S. have been prepared by many government and private analysts for over thirty years, and have been an increasingly important national planning tool. Through the 1960's, it was felt that the basic data from which to determine needs were generally. weak and inadequate. The u.s. became increasingly conscious of the importance of monitoring housing conditions in the late 1960's and early 1970's, and has taken deliberate steps to expand data sources, and improve their quality, in order to quantify housing needs more accurately.

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