Categories of HUD Data

HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original data sets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.

DATA SET REFERENCE GUIDE

Each data set is rated by its relevance and usefulness for research in the designated categories.

Note: Mousing (dragging your cursor) over the data set titles in the left-most column below will reveal brief descriptions of each data set’s contents. Clicking on any title will bring up more detailed descriptions, followed by links to that data set’s content.

	Housing Markets	Housing Finance	Disabilities	Community/ Neighborhood Conditions	Demographics	Homelessness	Fair Housing	Economic Conditions	Quality of Life	Rural
50th Percentile Rent Estimates	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--
American Housing Survey	High	High	--	Medium	--	--	Low	Low	Medium	Low
Annual Adjustment Factors	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--
CINCH	High	Low	--	--	Low	--	--	Medium	--	--
Consolidated Planning	Medium	--	--	High	High	--	Medium	Medium	Low	--
Fair Market Rents	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--
Geographic Information Systems	Medium	Medium	Low	High	High	--	Low	Low	Low	Low
Government Sponsored Enterprise Data	--	High	--	--	--	--	Medium	--	--	--
Housing Affordability Data System	High	Medium	--	Low	--	--	--	Low	--	--
Income Limits	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit	Medium	Medium	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Manufactured Home and Subprime Lender List	--	High	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--	--
Metropolitan Area Look-Up	Low	Low	Low	--	Low	--	--	Low	Low	--
Metropolitan Area Quarterly Residential and Business Vacancy Report	Medium	--	--	Low	--	--	--	Low	--	--
Multifamily Tax Subsidy Income Limits	Medium	Medium	--	--	--	--	--	Low	--	--
Neighborhood Stabilization Data	--	--	--	High	Medium	--	--	Medium	--	--
Physical Inspection Scores	Medium	--	--	Low	--	--	--	--	Medium
Picture of Subsidized Households	High	--	--	Low	High	--	Medium	--	--	Low
Property Owners and Managers Survey	Medium	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Public Use Microdata Sample	High	--	--	Low	High	--	Medium	--	--	Low
Qualified Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas	Medium	Medium	--	Medium	--	--	--	--	--	--
Residential Finance Survey	--	High	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Special Tabulations of Households	--	--	Low	Medium	Medium	--	Medium	Low	--	--
State of the Cities Data Systems	Medium	--	--	High	Medium	--	--	Medium	Low	--
USPS Vacancies Data	Medium	Low	--	Medium	--	--	Low	Medium	--	--
USPS ZIP Code Crosswalk Files	--	--	--	Low	--	--	--	--	--	--

View the Data Set Reference Guide for Other Data Available From HUD