HUD Housing Affordability Data System

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Version:  View help for Version V2

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HADS Methods - Appendix A.pdf application/pdf 158.6 KB 04/03/2026 08:35:AM
HUDMedianIncomes1985-2009.zip application/zip 167.1 KB 02/09/2025 05:13:AM
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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Housing Affordability Data System. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-04-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E218582V2

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HUD Housing Affordability Data System
Summary:  View help for Summary The Housing Affordability Data System (HADS) is a set of files derived from the 1985 and later national American Housing Survey (AHS) and the 2002 and later Metro AHS. This system categorizes housing units by affordability and households by income, with respect to the Adjusted Median Income, Fair Market Rent (FMR), and poverty income. It also includes housing cost burden for owner and renter households. These files have been the basis for the worst case needs tables since 2001. The data files are available for public use, since they were derived from AHS public use files and the published income limits and FMRs. We are providing these files give the community of housing analysts the opportunity to use a consistent set of affordability measures.

This data set appears to not be upated after 2013

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Microdata: Yes                                                                                     
Level of Analysis: Local - Metro area; Groups - Vacancy, Housing Affordability 
Variables Present: Yes                                                
File Layout: .txt                                                                               
Codebook: Yes                                                                       
Methods: No                                         
Weights (with appropriate documentation): No                             
Publications: No                                                                              
Aggregate Data: Yes

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms housing ; housing costs ; households ; household income
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States, New Orleans, Seattle
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1985 – 2013
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data

Methodology

Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit city

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Published Versions

V2 [2026-04-03]

V1 [2025-02-09]

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