AGSL GeoDiscovery

Extensions to Estimated Housing Authority Service Areas Methodology, 2025

Description:

The data provided here denotes the authors’
revised service areas for a subset of 377 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) for
which HUD previously estimated service areas. Using HUD
administrative data on the location of Housing Choice Voucher holders, HUD’s
estimated service areas were revised to better capture voucher activity.
Specifically, the authors developed two different tests and correction
procedures. The first assesses if the estimated service area omits a sizable
share of voucher holder locations (so is “too small”), and if so, adjusts to
include census designated places or counties containing at least 5 percent of a
PHA’s voucher holders.  The second test
checks whether the estimated service boundary includes areas the PHA does not
appear to serve and that are clearly served by another PHA (so is “too large”),
in this case adjusting by removing those areas. 148 of the 377 PHA estimated
service areas were found to be too small, too large, or both, and so have
revised service areas that differ from HUD’s estimated service areas. The
detailed methodology is provided below. Additionally, a spreadsheet is supplied
that identifies geographies that were added to and dropped from HUD’s estimated
services to create the revised service areas for affected PHAs.

This is an experimental dataset that is
designed to aid researchers in studying the HCV program. The methodology and
the service areas themselves have not been validated by HUD’s Office of Public and Indian
Housing (PIH) or the Public Housing Agencies. For additional discussion of the
approach, see Tauber et al. (2024); please
contact the authors with any questions or comments.

Reference:Tauber, Kristen, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Katherine
O’Regan. 2024. “Whom Do We Serve? Refining Public Housing Agency Service
Areas.” Cityscape 26(1) (2024):
395-400.

This is an experimental dataset that is designed to aid researchers in studying the HCV program. The data provided here denotes the authors’ revised service areas for a subset of 377 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). The methodology and the service areas themselves have not been validated by HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) or the Public Housing Agencies. For additional discussion of the approach, see Tauber et al. (2024); please contact the authors with any questions or comments.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/kh800wf1822

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/kh800wf1822

Language:

eng

Publisher:

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Housing authorities, Public housing, Boundaries, Economy, Location, and Society

Theme:

Boundaries, Economy, Location, and Society

Date Issued:

2024

Spatial Coverage:

United States

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Rights Holder:

This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

false