Includes subject area sections that describe all pertinent census data products available, i.e. "Business--trade and services", "Geography", "Transportation," etc.

Veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan could increase demand for affordable rental housing. Households with low incomes are eligible to receive rental assistance from HUD housing choice voucher, public housing, and project-based programs. However, because rental assistance is not an entitlement, not all who are eligible receive assistance. This report assesses: (1) the income status and demographic and housing characteristics of veteran renter households; (2) how HUD¿s rental assistance programs treat veteran status (whether a person is a veteran or not) and whether they use a veterans¿ preference; and (3) the extent to which HUD¿s rental assistance programs served veterans in FY 2005. Charts and tables.

Pending legislation to the Fed. Housing Admin. (FHA) Title I Manufactured Home Loan program would increase loan limits, insure each loan, incorporate stricter underwriting requirements, and set up-front premiums. This report reviews: (1) selected characteristics of manufactured housing and the demographics of the owners; (2) fed. and state consumer protections for owners of manufactured homes; and (3) the potential benefits and costs of the proposed changes for borrowers and the fed. gov¿t. In addressing these objectives, the author analyzed select Census data; researched fed. laws and laws in 8 states; interviewed local, state, and fed. officials; and analyzed various scenarios that might affect Title I program costs. Includes recommend. Illus.

Each year the DoD sells millions of dollars worth of excess property through the Internet. Before excess property can be sold, it is DoD policy to screen the property to ensure it cannot be reutilized by the dept. in another location or that its sale would not result in sensitive mil. property becoming publicly available. Management control breakdowns in DoD¿s excess property reutilization program resulted in the sale of sensitive mil. property to the public through the Web site. Given the seriousness of the security risk posed by the sale of sensitive mil. property to the public, Congress requested this invest. into whether: sensitive property was still being sold on the Internet; & whether DoD has taken steps to prevent further improper sales of sensitive items.

Index of U.S. government literature on health statistics and research information and health care delivery and education material for the lay public.

Examines the social impact of drought and depression in Kansas, illustrating how both farm and town families dealt with the deprivation by finding odd jobs, working in government programmes, or depending on federal and private assistance.