Data Sources and Limitations 61 by NAHRO [14] also were helpful in spotting questionable tenant characteristic estimates. The method of editing these items was to replace them with linear interpolations based on the same city in adjacent years. The data on age of the public housing stock in each city were based on a HUD listing of the first month of full occupancy of each project in each of the 23 cities [10]. The listing referred to mid1967; data for other years were estimated by a short-cut procedure based on the number of units added to each city's public housing stock in each year. References PUBLICATIONS 1. National Commission on Urban Problems, Building the American City, GPO, 1968, pp. 108-133, 188, 190. 2. President's Committee on Urban Housing, A Decent Home: Report of the President's Committee on Urban Housing, 1968, pp. 60-61, 68-73. 3. President's Committee on Urban Housing, Technical Studies, Volume 1, pp. 147-165 (von Furstenberg and Moskof, “Federally Assisted Housing Programs: Which Income Groups Have They Served or Whom Can They be Expected to Serve?"). 4. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics, GPO, 1968. 5. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pricing Procedures, Specifications, and Average Prices Used for the City Worker's Budget, bulletin 1570-3; GPO, 1968. 6. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Three Standards of Living for an Urban Family of Four Persons; Spring 1967, bulletin 15705; GPO, 1968. 7. U. S. Census Bureau, City Employment in 1968 (GE 68 No. 2), Washington, May 1969. Data Sources and Limitations 8. U. S. Congress. Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee. Hearings, Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for 1970, Part IV. pp. 235-273; GPO, 1969. 9. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and predecessor agencies, Annual Reports. 10. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Assistance Administration, “Consolidated Development Directory, June 30, 1967." 63 11. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Assistance Administration, Statistics on Low-Rent Housing: Families Moving into Low-Rent Housing, Calendar Year 1966, Washington, 1968. 12. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Assistance Administration, Statistics on Low-Rent Housing, Families Re-Examined During Calendar Year 1966 for Continued Occupancy, Washington, 1968. 13. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Statistical Yearbook, 1966. UNPUBLISHED SOURCES 14. National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, unpublished tabulations of tenant characteristics in public housing, selected cities. 15. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, quarterly tabulations of characteristics of families re-examined for continued occupancy in public housing, by Local Authority. 16. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, annual "Trend Statement of Operating Receipts, Expenditures, Residual Receipts and Operating Reserve," by Local Authority. 17. Von Furstenberg, George M., "Factors Affecting the Ratio of Rent to Total Family Income: An Empirical Exploration for Detroit, 1967." A DIRECTORY OF UNIVERSITY URBAN RESEARCH CENTERS 141 pages, SBN 87766-000-X, $3.50, paper University urban research centers now number close to 200. This directory provides detailed information on their purposes, past and current projects, staff size, relationship to their universities, sources of support, fields of research and publications. A unique feature is an introductory essay describing how four research centers, each in a different way, geared their research programs to be of service to local governments. URBAN PROCESSES As Viewed by the Social Sciences 79 pages, SBN 87766-001-8, $1.95, paper William Gorham, President of the Urban Institute, moderates a National Academy of Sciences symposium organized by the Institute. The discussion focused on the economic, political, and social institutions which distribute wealth and power in American society, with emphasis on the impact of these institutions on the cities. The discussants are Kenneth J. Arrow, Professor of Economics, Harvard Major topics include the strengths and weaknesses of the market system, improvements necessary to give cities a better share of national political power, the social basis for breakdowns in both the economic and political systems, and the future of the American ghetto. THE URBAN INSTITUTE |