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The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the Nation's housing, including apartments,
single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units,household characteristics, income, housing and
neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data
are collected every other year, and data for each of 46 selected Metropolitan Areas are collected about every
four years, with an average of 12 Metropolitan Areas included each year. The national sample covers on average
55,000 homes. Each metropolitan areas sample covers 4,800 or more homes. The survey is conducted by the Bureau
of the Census for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. --Web page |