Updated HUD Picture of Subsidized Housing: All Oregon Data in One Workbook.

HUD does a good job of annually publishing comprehensive HUD assisted housing data in their Picture of Subsidized Housing. 

I noticed that HUD recently updated that data through December of 2022.  

The data is organized geographically all the way from US totals to project and census tract level totals. I count 70+ variables available in the data dictionary, some variables are null at lower levels of geography for privacy reasons. 

By geography AND by HUD assisted housing program, the data can answer questions like this (and many more):

• How much was average tenant rent and average subsidy? 
• What % of heads of households are minorities?
• What % of units are 1 bedroom? 
• What % of heads of households are 62 or older?
• What % of heads of household are women?
• What % of households are overhoused? (More bedrooms than people),

I created a single Excel workbook HERE , and embedded below, that contains 20 worksheets relevant to Oregon, with data all the way down to the project level (350+ HUD assisted projects, 50,000+ units in Oregon). 

The worksheets include geo organized data and a few summary and analysis worksheets that I may be highlighting on Twitter in the next week or so. (The county worksheet has a map showing the % of voucher households whose head is White, Not Hispanic). 

Those 20 worksheets are listed in the picture below. 

The Excel file default view below shows that Oregon had the HIGHEST state percentage (74%) of HUD assisted units that were assisted by the voucher program. 

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Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.