American Housing Survey Updates Since the Release of the 2021 AHS

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As HUD prepares for the release of the 2023 American Housing Survey this Fall, marking the 50 years of the AHS, we wanted to share some updates to the data, technical documentation, articles, reports and infographics HUD and the Census Bureau have published since the release of the 2021 AHS.

AHS Data

2021 AHS Table Creator, published September 2022.
https://www.census.gov/data/data-tools/ahs-table-creator.html
- The 2021 Worst Case Needs by-group for the AHS Table Creator was released in October 2023.
- 2021 AHS Table Creator Release Notes, last updated November 2023.
  https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/tech-documentation/user-not…
1973-1996 National and Metropolitan PUF microdata, published October 2022.
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/data.html
- Response data and PUF-derived estimates remained the same with this release.

AHS Experimental Data Products

“County-level Model-based Estimates from the 2019 Housing Survey: Signs of Rodents,” published January 2024. https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/small-area-roden…

AHS Technical Documentation

“Getting Started with the PUF: 1973-1996,” published October 2022.
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/ahs/tech-doc…
2021 Spanish Language Items Booklet, published February 2023.
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2021/2021%20AHS%20Spanish%…

AHS Articles and Reports

“Cognitive Pretesting of 2023 American Housing Survey Modules,” published November 2022. https://www2.census.gov/adrm/CBSM/rsm2022-11.pdf
“Identifying Gentrification Using Machine Learning,” published April 2023. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2023/d…
“How Long Does it Take to Find a Place?” published May 2023. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/how-long-does-it-take-re…
“Aging-Ready Homes in the United States—Perception Versus Reality of Aging-Accessibility Needs: 2019,” published October 2023. https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p23-219.html
“Comparing Sewage Disposal Method in the American Housing Survey,” published September 2023. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2023/d…
“Buying an Older Home? Consider Upkeep Costs, Not Just Purchase Price,” published October 2023. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/10/older-home-costs.html
“Using Incentives to Reduce Nonresponse Bias in the American Housing Survey,” published December 2023. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/Using-Incentives-to-Reduce-…
AHS Bibliography, updated June 2024. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/research/AHS%20Bibliograph…
“Household Monthly Rent Cost and Affordability: 2015 to 2021,” published June 2024. https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2024/demo/sehsd-wp2024-1…

AHS Infographics

2021 Home Improvements infographic, published September 2022. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2021/demo/2021-home-impro…
2021 Housing Quality infographic, published September 2022. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2021/demo/2021-housing-qu…
2021 Profile of Owners and Renters Infographic, published October 2022. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/demo/2021-profile-of…
2021 Household Pets Infographic, published October 2022. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/demo/2021-household-…
How Did Renters Find a New Place to Live?, published May 2023. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2023/demo/2021_renters_ne…
Wildfires and Home Vulnerability, published July 2023. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2023/demo/national-ahs-wi…

AHS Interactive Visualizations

Measuring Housing Stability in 2017 and 2021, published May 2024. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/measuring-hou…

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