Angela M. Williams Foster
Data Shop
Data Shop, a department of Cityscape, presents short articles or notes on the uses of data in housing and urban research. Through this department, PD&R introduces readers to new and overlooked data sources and to improved techniques in using well-known data. The emphasis is on sources and methods that analysts can use in their own work. Researchers often run into knotty data problems involving data interpretation or manipulation that must be solved before a project can proceed, but they seldom get to focus in detail on the solutions to such problems. If you have an idea for an applied, data-centric note of no more than 3,000 words, please send a one-paragraph abstract to David.A.Vandenbroucke@hud.gov for consideration..
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data provide vital information on housing affordability
measures. This article presents potential uses of the CHAS data, as well as limitations of the data. Researchers should explore the benefits of using CHAS data to examine the role of affordable housing market structure on the persistence of urban issues.
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