The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research has published a series of reports as components of its American Housing Survey that describe changes in the nation’s housing inventory and rental markets from 2005-2007.

  • Components of Inventory Change identifies the various components of the nation’s housing inventory and describes the changes that have occurred to the housing stock during the period 2005 to 2007.
  • Rental Market Dynamics answers two questions:

    • Did the number of rental units affordable to lower income households grow or decline between 2005 and 2007?
    • What factors caused the number of affordable rental units to grow or decline during this period?
  • Weighting Strategy for CINCH Analysis identifies modifications to the weighting strategy used in the components of inventory change (CINCH) analysis of changes in the national housing stock.