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AHS Special Studies Released

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Two new AHS-based research reports have been added to the
"AHS Based Analyses" section of the "More AHS Data and
publications" page of the HUD USER web site,
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahs.html . The
reports were prepared by ICF Consulting, Inc., as part of
their Analytic Support of the AHS contract with HUD. They
are available for download in PDF format.

Commuting Patterns and the Housing Stock
By Kevin S. Blake and William Cowart

The prime objective of this research was to explore the
applicability of transportation and commute-related variables
in the American Housing Survey (AHS) to analyzing the
relationship between the housing stock and commuting patterns.
Particular attention was given to analyzing the usefulness of
the AHS data in testing the spatial mismatch hypothesis.

Elderly Housing Consumption: Historical Patterns and Projected
Trends
By Kevin S. Blake and Aleksandra Simic

This research study attempts to understand some of the
challenges that changing demographics will have on the housing
market and what may be the implications for housing policy.
The study explores two key issues in the elderly housing
consumption research. The study: (1) looks at how the housing
consumption of the elderly has changed over time, and (2)
tries to understand what the potential consumption patterns
could look like in the future.

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