By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Geography, Committee on Review of Geographic Information Systems Research and Applications at HUD: Current Programs and Future Prospects
The document describes capability functions of geographic info structures (GIS) and spatial research by means of HUD’s workplace of coverage improvement and examine for figuring out housing wishes, addressing broader problems with city poverty and group improvement, and bettering entry to details and companies by means of the numerous clients of HUD’s information. It bargains a imaginative and prescient of HUD as a big participant in offering city info to federal projects in the direction of a spatial facts infrastructure for the country.
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Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. html Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was established as a cabinet-level agency in 1965. Under Title V1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is responsible for the agency’s federally assisted programs, including housing and community economic development, and for enforcement of related civil rights statutes.
The Annual Adjustment Factors data for each metropolitan area are determined by a formula utilizing information such as consumer price index and residential rent and utilities cost changes. This information is used to adjust contract rents for units participating in HUD’s housing assistance programs. The Assisted Housing dataset sketches a picture of nearly 5 million subsidized households across the United States. Included are housing variables such as the total number of subsidized households, as well as demographic variables such as household income and number of children.
These are major challenges for agencies; nevertheless, full and effective participation in mandatory federal data initiatives demands attention to such questions. Efforts that HUD undertakes to meet FGDC standards will also benefit HUD’s internal efforts to collect, use, and disseminate information on urban and housing issues. Conclusion: To participate fully with the FGDC and other federal data initiatives, HUD should develop an in-house, integrated data infrastructure. To provide reliable data and be consistent with the NSDI, data should be accurately described and assigned spatial definition (geo-referenced) according to the standards of the FGDC.
