U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HIRS for the AHS Expert Roundtable

The roundtable will provide a forum for participants to identify the state of the art in housing insecurity research, scale design methodology and measurement of a multidimensional concept and discuss the 2023 “Housing Insecurity Research for the American Housing Survey” Report. 

 

Details

Thursday, March 20, 2025

8:45 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Meeting Link

 

Technical Experts

To read the bios of the technical experts, click here. 

  • Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute
  • Hope Harvey, University of Kentucky
  • Vincent Reina, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jill Khadduri, Abt Global
  • Martha Galvez, New York University
  • Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Marybeth Shinn, Vanderbilt University
  • Scott Susin, Federal Housing Finance Agency
  • Jonathan Wilson, National Center for Healthy Housing
  • Justin Winikoff, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Sonya Porter, United States Census Bureau

Suggested Pre-Meeting Materials 

Agenda Overview

To view the full and detailed agenda, please click here.

Time Event 
8:45 am – 9:00 am Registration and Bios of Attendees 
9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome Message and HUD’s Perspective and Plan for the Roundtable   
9:15 am – 9:20 am Plan for the Roundtable 
9:20 am – 9:35 am Presentation on 2023 HUD Measuring Housing Insecurity Report   
9:35 am – 10:30 am Full Group Discussion of 2023 Report 
10:30 am – 10:35 am Break 
10:35 am – 10:50 am Presentation on Updated Housing Insecurity Literature Review 
10:50 am – 11:20 am Breakout Discussions of State of the Art in Housing Insecurity Research 

Group 1: Affordability Focus 

Group 2: Stable Occupancy Focus 

Group 3: Safety and Decency Focus 

Group 4: Psychometric Considerations 

11:20 am – 12:15 pm Share Out and Full Group Discussion of the State of the Art in HI Research 
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch Break 
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Breakout Discussions of Scale Design and HI Measurement 

Group 1: Affordability measurement 

Group 2: Stable Occupancy measurement 

Group 3: Safety and Decency measurement 

Group 4: Scale development methodology 

1:30 pm – 1:35 pm Break 
1:35 pm – 2:30 pm Share Out and Full Group Discussion of HI Scale Design Considerations 
2:30 pm – 2:35 pm Break 
2:35 pm – 3:40 pm Continue Discussion of HI Measurement, Focusing on Substantive and Methodological Considerations for Developing Short-Form HI Measures 
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm Break 
3:50 pm – 4:50 pm Consolidate Main Themes of Discussion and Next Steps for HI Research and Scale Development 
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm Conclusion 

For any questions, please contact Nicholas Bahel at [email protected]