The estimation of core housing need using the 1999 survey of household spending micro data file

Meeting the National Occupancy Standard National Occupancy Standard A method to determine the number of bedrooms a (NOS) household requires given the age, gender and interrelationships between the household members Norm Rent Income The income required to pay the median rent of an adequate unsubsidized rental unit of the appropriate size for the household such that less than 30% of the household's [...] Paddy Fuller Abstract Title: The Estimation of Core Housing Need Using the 1999 Survey of Household Spending Micro Data File External Research Program # 6585-F047-4 Paddy Fuller The objective of the project was to test the feasibility of implementing the core housing need methodology on the 1999 Survey of Household Spending (SHS) micro data file. [...] While SHS contains the necessary content for the application of the core housing need methodology, the sample size constrains the use of the file in both deriving norm rents and detailed analysis of households in core housing need. [...] Executive Summary The objective of the project was to test the feasibility of implementing the core housing need methodology on the 1999 Survey of Household Spending (SHS) micro data file. [...] Information on the location of the respondents, for example, is limited to the province and the size of the area of residence (city, town or village) where they lived.