The standard quality rents that HUD uses in generating FMRs are derived from rent distributions
that are prohibited from public release under Title XIII to protect the
confidentiality of respondents. The distributions used in this demonstration
are rounded versions of the actual, protected data.
The rounding scheme is as follows:
0, count = 0
1 to 7, count = 4
all other counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (e.g., 10, 15, 20, 25, etc.)
CALCULATIONS USING THE ROUNDED DATA MAY NOT PRODUCE THE SAME RESULT AS CALCULATIONS
USING THE PROTECTED DATA. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUD'S ACTUAL RESULTS AND THOSE
DEMONSTRATED HERE IS INVERSELY RELATED TO THE SIZE OF THE AREA. THAT IS,
THE LARGER THE AREA, THE CLOSER THE CALCULATION BASED ON THE
ROUNDED DATA IS LIKELY TO BE TO THE CENSUS BASE RENT COMPUTED FROM THE PROTECTED DATA.
HUD uses rents for standard quality units to generate update factors. "Standard Quality" units and rents are determined by limiting the
full ACS sample by including only responses meeting the following criteria:
a. Occupied rental units paying cash rent
b. Specified renter ? on 10 acres or less
c. With full plumbing
d. With full kitchen
e. Not constructed in the last 2 years from the survey date
f. Meals not included in rent
The 2009 ACS did not included a question that could be used to filter public or assisted housing from the rental distributions, however HUD is required to ensure that FMRs exclude non-market rental housing in their computation. Therefore, HUD excludes all units falling below a specified rent level determined from public housing rents in HUD's program databases as likely to be either assisted housing or otherwise at a below-market rent (perhaps due to quality problems not otherwise captured by the survey questions).
The following table and calculations demonstrate how the 50th percentile 2009 ACS standard quality rent is determined for Virgin Islands using the public distribution of standard quality rents.
| Portion of Standard Quality Rent Distribution | Gross Rent Dollar Range | Number of Units | Percent of Eligible Distribution | Cumulative Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units below interval containing public housing rent level |
$0 to Local Public Housing Rent | 597,870 | Not in Distribution | Not in Distribution |
| Units below interval containing 50th percentile standard quality rent of $852 |
Local Public Housing Rent to $799 | 5,803,405 | 43.5% | 43.5% |
| Units in interval containing 50th percentile standard quality rent of $852 |
$800 to $899 | 1,656,180 | 12.4% | 55.9% |
| Units above interval containing 50th percentile standard quality rent of $852 |
$900 or more | 5,883,020 | 44.1% | 100.0% |
| Total Units Above Public Housing Rent in Standard Quality Rent Distribution | 13,342,605.00 |
The numbers of units with standard quality rents above and below the Public Housing Rent level is determined using linear interpolation over the units in the rent range at the state level. Linear interpolation uses the assupmtion that the units' rents in each state are uniformly distributed in the rent range around the Public Housing Rent level. Under this assumption, the proportion of the rent interval that is below the Public Housing Rent level is the same as the proportion of units with rents in the interval that have rents below the Public Housing Rent level.
The 50th percentile standard quality rent for Virgin Islands is computed by linear interpolation over the 1,656,180 units in the rent range $800 to $899. Linear interpolation uses the assupmtion that the 1,656,180 units' rents are uniformly distributed in the rent range around the 50th percentile. Under this assumption, the proportion of the rent interval ($100) that needs to be added to the lower limit of the interval to reach the 50th percentile rent is the same as the proportion of units in the interval that needs to be added to the units in lower rent intervals to reach 50 percent of units in the distribution.
50 percent of units = .5 x 13,342,605.00 = 6,671,302.50
Units below the 50th percentile rent interval = 5,803,405.00
Units in 50th percentile rent interval needed to reach 50 percent of units = 6,671,302.50 - 5,803,405 = 867,897.50
Additional Units as Proportion of Interval = 867,897.50 / 1,656,180 = 0.5240
Dollars Added to Lower Limit of Interval to reach 50th percentile rent = 0.5240 x $100 = $52
50th percentile standard quality rent = $800 + $52 = $852
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