Last Friday, the US Census released their annual American Housing Survey for the United States, which provides up-to-date housing statistics for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Conducted by field representatives who obtain information from occupants of homes, the survey provides data on "apartments; single-family homes; mobile homes; vacant housing units; age, sex, and race of...

This 1998, 91-page report draws on the US Census Bureau's Survey of Construction, Manufactured Homes Survey, and Survey of Market Absorption. Sections include the characteristics of single and multifamily housing, contractor-built houses, and new mobile home placement. There is also a supplement on apartment buildings consisting of five or more units.