A New Data Set Reference Guide on HUD USER

HUD USER now provides convenient, one-stop access to the original data sets generated by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R).The Data Set Reference Guide appears in a “linked matrix” format that provides quick access to data from the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, and microdata on housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, HUD’s assisted housing population, and other housing-related topics. To help users identify the data that are most useful to them, two matrices are presented — one for PD&R data sets and a second that lists other data available from HUD. In these reference guides, each data set is rated based on its relevance to (and usefulness for) conducting research in the 10 categories that comprise the bulk of the Department’s published data.