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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 11/14/2006 10:45:55 AM
Subject: OT: Cityscape (call for contributors)

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of
Policy Development and Research, publishes a thrice-yearly
journal called "Cityscape," subtitled "A Journal of Policy
Development and Research." You can examine the online
version at https://www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscape.html .

I have been asked to edit a new department of Cityscape,
tentatively called "Data Shop." It is to consist of a short
note (3-5 pages) in each issue, concerning practical advice
for using published datasets. The idea is to allow analysts
to share what they have learned and thus allow others to
benefit. We are thinking in terms of data pitfalls,
work-arounds, ways of combining data, and so on. The point
is to talk about the nitty-gritty of working with the data,
not to present results based on it.

Often when we do our research, part of the fun is getting the
data to tell us their story--many times, a story the dataset
was never designed to tell. Professional journals usually
want authors to concentrate on the outcome of their research,
and not on the tricks and difficulties of arriving at the
outcome. This department gives you the opportunity to share
some of that effort with an audience that would appreciate it.

If you have any ideas for a contribution to this new
department, please get in touch with me by email. Your
contribution may be about the American Housing Survey or any
other dataset, provided it is related to urban or housing
research.

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890


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From: david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov on 11/16/2006 9:36:06 AM
Subject: OT: Picture of Subsidized Households 2000

HUD's "Picture of Subsidized Households" project has been
updated to 2000. While this project is based on HUD
administrative data rather than the American Housing Survey, I
thought that it might be of interest to the readers of this
mailing list.

Picture of Subsidized Households describes the 4.9 million
households living in HUD-subsidized housing in the United
States for the year 2000. Like previous editions, Picture 2000
provides characteristics of assisted housing units and
residents, summarized at the national, state, public housing
agency (PHA), project, and census tract levels. However,
Picture 2000 now includes summary data for Metropolitan
Statistical Areas and cities.

Also new in this release: you can create custom queries of the
Picture data by geography and by HUD program, and retrieve
exactly the data you need. Or, you can download complete
summary files. You also may export PICTURE data to your
Geographic Information System (GIS) software for mapping.

The data is available from the HUD USER web site, at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/assthsg.html#2000 .

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
david_a._vandenbroucke@hud.gov
202-708-1060 ext. 5890


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