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American Housing Survey (AHS)

The AHS is sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The survey is the most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States.

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American Housing Survey Table Creator
The AHS Table Creator gives you the ability to create customized tables from the American Housing Survey without having to use the Public Use File (microdata).
PUF Codebook: 1973 and Beyond
This interactive tool is a reference for those using the AHS Public Use File. The tool contains descriptive information on all AHS variables back to 1973.
Getting Started with the PUF: 2015 and Beyond
This document is a guide containing information users need to know before downloading and using the 2015 and later AHS Public Use Files.

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2021 American Housing Survey Data Now Available
September 29, 2022
Today the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released new housing data from the 2021 AHS through the AHS Table Creator.
America Counts Story
How Many American Homes Have Pests?
April 21, 2021
The 2019 American Housing Survey shows that about 14 million occupied housing units reported seeing roaches and 14.8 million saw rodents in the last 12 months.
America Counts Story
Were American Homes Ready for the Pandemic?
April 13, 2021
Isolating when someone is infected with COVID-19 is challenging when 38% of U.S. multi-person households don’t have two bathrooms and enough bedrooms.

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AHS 2021 Summary Tables
This report summarized the results of the 2021 survey. The tables are available for the United States and selected metropolitan areas via AHS Table Creator.
AHS 2021 National Public Use File (PUF)
Files containing individual household responses to the survey questions. For use in generating custom tables. Data can be downloaded in SAS and ASCII formats.
AHS 2021 Metropolitan Public Use File (PUF)
Files containing individual household responses to the survey questions. For use in generating custom tables. Data can be downloaded in SAS and ASCII formats.

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Publication
Differences in Fuel Usage in the United States Housing Stock
September 17, 2019
Using data from the 2017 AHS, this brief describes the relationship between when homes were built and what types of fuel and equipment they use.
Publication
State-Level Design-Based Estimates for National Surveys
September 2018
This paper examines how different methods within the design-base framework can be used to produce sub-national estimates.
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Between-Survey Changes in the Number of Bedrooms in a Unit
December 2013
This paper examines the extent to which bedroom counts for units in the American Housing Survey (AHS) change between surveys and how this variation affects the analysis of rental affordability.

Upcoming Releases

Release of 2023 AHS Data
2023 AHS Data to be released in Quarter 3 of 2024.
Release of Additional 2021 AHS Data
Worst case needs data to be released in Quarter 4 of 2023.

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