The Geographic Distribution of Federally Assisted Housing Units: 1998

The Geographic Distribution of Federally Assisted Housing Units: 1998, cont.

Source: Paul Burke, A Picture of Subsidized Households in 1998, HUD, August 1998. More data are at www.huduser.gov/datasets/assthsg.html. Sec. 236, Indian Housing, Moderate Rehabilitation, and other FHA programs are included in the total. Units shown are under contract and either occupied or available for occupancy. Units that receive multiple HUD subsidies are counted once.

Telephone Rent Surveys

Between July 1997 and July 1998, HUD conducted Random Digit Dialing (RDD) telephone surveys of 66 Fair Market Rent (FMR) areas. The purpose was to estimate the FMR, which is the rent standard used in Section 8 Certificate and Voucher assistance programs. The table below lists the survey date and the interquartile range (25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile) of two-bedroom gross rents (including utilities) for all renters from all of the RDD surveys conducted by HUD's contractor. The 55 RDD surveys covered a total of 66 FMR areas, because some surveys included several nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. These surveys exclude units less than 2 years old, public housing units, seasonal units, and units owned by relatives; assisted units are included if the respondent knew the nonsubsidized rent.

1997 and 1998 Area Rent Surveys: HUD-Sponsored Random Digit Dialing Surveys

1997 and 1998 Area Rent Surveys: HUD-Sponsored Random Digit Dialing Surveys, cont.