Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy special tabulation (U.S. Census Bureau)
Description:
The Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data file is a detailed tabulation of the Decennial Census sponsored by HUD. It includes extensive data on a variety of physical and financial housing characteristics and needs categorized by HUD-defined income limits (30, 50, and 80 percent of area median income) and HUD-specified household types. As with the long form in the Decennial Census, CHAS indicators are estimates based on a sample of households. These special tabulation data are used by local governments for housing planning as part of the Consolidated Planning process and by HUD for various allocation formulas to distribute funds to localities. For more information, visit the HUDUser Web site at http://www.huduser.org/datasets/cp.html