Dear Colleague: This first volume of Research Maps (R-MAPS), a PD&R initiative, introduces a new series of HUD products designed to democratize housing and urban data, making the data more widely accessible and useful to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. The geographically coded data in these CD-ROMs—readable through most desktop geographic information systems (GIS)—will enable you to apply the powerful tools of spatial analysis to a wide variety of housing and urban issues in your locality and elsewhere throughout the United States. Volume I: Picture of Subsidized Households in 1998 contains data on residents of the 5 million units that are subsidized through three major HUD housing programs. We hope you find this volume useful in your work.
Sincerely,
Susan M. Wachter Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
