HUD: Housing Discrimination Against Racial And Ethnic Minorities 2012

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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD: Housing Discrimination Against Racial And Ethnic Minorities 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-04-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219281V2

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HUD: Housing Discrimination Against Racial And Ethnic Minorities 2012
Summary:  View help for Summary
For much of the twentieth century, discrimination by private real estate agents and rental property owners helped establish and sustain stark patterns of housing and neighborhood inequality. Beginning in the late 1970s, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has rigorously monitored trends in racial and ethnic discrimination in both rental and sales markets approximately once each decade through a series of nationwide paired-testing studies. This summary report presents findings from the fourth such study, which applied paired-testing methodology in 28 metropolitan areas to measure the incidence and forms of discrimination experienced by black, Hispanic, and Asian renters and homebuyers. When well-qualified minority homeseekers contact housing providers to inquire about recently advertised housing units, they usually, but not always, are just as likely as equally qualified white homeseekers to get an appointment and learn about at least one available housing unit. However, when differences in treatment occur, white homeseekers are more likely to be favored than minorities. Most important, minority homeseekers are told about and shown fewer homes and apartments than whites.

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Microdata: Yes                                                                                    
Level of Analysis: Individual - Housing Providers; Local - Zip Code 
Variables Present: Yes - separate document                                                     
File Layout: .sas                                                                          
Codebook: Yes                                                                     
Methods: Yes                                         
Weights (with appropriate documentation): Yes                             
Publications: No                                                                              
Aggregate Data: No
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/hsg_discrimination.html

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms housing discrimination
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2012 – 2012


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