New Updates on The Edge

New on The Edge

Message from PD&R Leadership:
HUD's Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Fee Study: A Study in Collaboration
HUD recently released the Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Fee Study, which will help determine how much public housing agencies should be compensated to administer housing choice vouchers as well as aid in developing a formula to distribute those resources. Senior staff in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research discuss how collaborative efforts within and between HUD offices and with research and industry leaders were critical to initiating and managing the study.   

In Practice:
Multigenerational Development Meets Housing Needs in Shelburne
A new mixed-income, multigenerational development, Harrington Village and Wright House, provides 72 affordable and 6 market rate units in the town of Shelburne, Vermont. This development is meeting a need for affordable and adaptable housing in Chittenden County, where more than 50 percent of renter households face housing cost burdens and housing demand for the 65- to 74-year-old cohort is projected to increase significantly by 2020.

Trending:
Innovations in the 2013 American Housing Survey: An Interview with Shawn Bucholtz
In addition to recurring questions about housing costs and housing quality, the American Housing Survey (AHS) includes rotating topical modules, which gather information about topics of special interest to HUD and the AHS user community. Director of PD&R's Housing and Demographic Analysis Division Shawn Bucholtz details the process by which HUD chooses these topical modules, and he discusses the reasoning behind the modules chosen for the 2015 AHS.

Policy Update:
The Research Basis for Disaster Resilience
Detailed data on natural disasters are increasingly accessible and indicate that natural disasters are becoming more frequent and costly. As these data illustrate the need to emphasize disaster-resilient development, academics and planning experts are developing best practice guidelines for hazard mitigation strategies.

Spotlight on PD&R Data:
U.S. Housing Market Conditions
PD&R's U.S. Housing Market Conditions (USHMC) website contains national, regional, state, metropolitan, and local data and analysis in one location. Featured USHMC charts highlight the monthly and annual National Association of Home Builders survey data on builders' views of home sales activity, including current sales activity, prospective buyer traffic, and future sales expectations.