Census Bureau and HUD Celebrate the American Housing Survey’s 50th Anniversary

Excerpt:  “Today the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new housing data  from the 2023 American Housing Survey (AHS), marking half a century of housing insights.  … Currently conducted every two years, the AHS is the nation’s most comprehensive housing survey, providing timely data on the size, composition and state of housing in the United States. The questions asked in the longitudinal survey of housing units are the only sources of information on characteristics and the physical condition of the nation’s housing units, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality, and home improvement activities. Information from the AHS helps to measure the change in the housing inventory resulting from losses, new construction, and mobile home placements; the total number of vacancies; and the characteristics of the occupants.”