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AHS Conference: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The inaugural Department of Housing and Urban Development American Housing Survey (AHS) Users Conference was held on March 8, 2011. This day-long conference presented early results from the newly released 2009 AHS datasets. More than a dozen analysts from academic, private, and government organizations presented their findings on a wide range of housing topics, providing insights into the value of the AHS data.
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | WelcomeRaphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research |
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| 8:45 – 10:15 | AHS and Special NeedsThe House Next Door: A Comparison of Residences by Disability Status Using New Measures in the American Housing (Denise Whalen and Gina Livermore) Leveraging the AHS to Better Estimate Worst Case Housing Needs of Persons with Disabilities: An Exploration (Danilo Pelletiere and Kathryn Nelson)
Housing Recovery in New Orleans: A Multi-Level Approach to Vulnerability and Resilience (Lisa K. Bates and Timothy F. Green) |
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| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
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| 10:30 – 12:00 | AHS and Assisted HousingHousehold Energy Use and Subsidized Housing (Samuel Dastrup, Simon McDonnell, and Vincent Reina)  Download Paper  Download Presentation
Comparing AHS Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Households with Bayesian Propensity Scores (Brent D. Mast)
The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Renters’ Neighborhood Satisfaction: Understanding the Perceptions and Constraints among Assisted and Unassisted Renters (Lauren M. Ross)
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| 12:00 – 1:15 | Working Lunch Download Transcript of Speech
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| 1:15 – 2:45 | Improving the Usefulness and Scope of the AHSHousing Value, Costs, and Measures of Physical Adequacy (Paul Emrath) Download Paper Download Presentation
Exploring Housing Conditions of Low-Income Minorities in the Southern United States (Sung-jin Lee, Kathleen R. Parrott, and Mira Ahn)
Getting Rural Right in the American Housing Survey (Lance George)
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| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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| 3:00 – 4:45 | AHS and Housing WealthHousing Units with Negative Equity, 1997-2009 (George R. Carter III) Download Presentation
Home Mortgage Refinance and Wealth Accumulation (Yan Chang and Frank Nothaft)
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| 3:00 – 4:45 | AHS, Rental Affordability and Relocation DecisionaAnalyzing Rental Affordability During the Great Recession 2007 to Present (Katrin B. Anacker & Yanmei Li) Aging-in-Place and Generational Change: Data from the American Housing Survey, 1978-2009 (Miranda Dietz and Larry Rosenthal)
Urban Pioneers: Why Do Higher Income Households Choose Lower Income Neighborhoods? (Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Horn, and Katherine O’Regan)
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