This historical working note describes preliminary research about housing-related industries in St. Joseph County, Indiana, and future plans for gathering additional data. St. Joseph County was Site II of HUD’s Housing Assistance Supply Experiment (HASE), a program that tested the market impact of providing housing allowances to low-income households with domiciles meeting minimum standards of decency.

For more information on the Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP) and to find related reports, please visit the EHAP landing page.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.