First Cityscape of 2008

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From: HUD USER News

A new issue of Cityscape, the journal of housing and
urban policy research published by HUD's Office of
Policy Development and Research (PD&R), is now available
in both electronic and print-based formats. This issue
includes a research symposium on policy issues
concerning HUD-assisted housing. Links to symposium
articles are as follows:

o Portability Moves in the Housing Choice Voucher
Program, 1998-2005

o The Role of Social Networks in Making Housing
Choices: The Experience of the Gautreaux Two
Residential Mobility Program

o Measuring the Deconcentration of Housing Choice
Voucher Program Recipients in Eight U.S.
Metropolitan Areas Using Hot Spot Analysis

o Use of Flat Rents in the Public Housing Program

o Household Life Cycle and Length of Stay in Housing
Assistance Programs

o Are Census Variables Highly Correlated With
Housing Choice Voucher Holders' Perception of the
Quality of Their Neighborhood?

Other features in this issue include a refereed paper,
Housing in the Nation's Micropolitan Areas: A First
Look, a Policy Brief explaining how the American
Community Survey is used to establish income limits and
fair market rents (FMRs), and a discussion in the Data
Shop on using data from A Picture of Subsidized
Households reports.

Current and past issues of Cityscape are available for
downloading, free of charge, at
www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscape.html. Print copies
are available for a nominal fee by calling HUD USER at
800-245-2691, option 1.

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