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- How many units in the Area will need rehabilitation? Should the Council try to develop a measure of units that need improvement or folk, has enough attention been paid to housing rehabilitation? - Should the Council give special attention to renter households? Rental housing production has dropped dramatically in recent years. This may have placed additional pressure on the rental market. Should the Council develop data and information on the characteristics of renter households and rental housing? III. NEEDS ASSESSMENT DATA SOURCES As a basis for-evising the Housing chapter, the Council will use housing data and information from a variety of sources. The 1980 census will be the principal source of information. The Council will use census data to prepare a housing profile for each county, city and township. Each profile will provide a composite picture of a dozen key characteristics about the locality's housing situation, demographic composition and household income. An analysis of these profiles will point out important housing problems and issues. The Council will rely heavily upon Summary Tape File-4 of the 1980 census. The file's many cross tabulations on population, income and housing data are the best data available for matching households and housing characteristics. The Council will also use data gathered in its long-term Housing Murket Study. The study, which includes reports on housing affordability, financing, occupancy trends, production, maintenance and energy use, provides a ready data source. In addition, the Council will use the annual survey it conducts of communities to determine housing performance scores in implementing Housing Policy 39. The additional data gathered to compute these rankings (such as permit numbers, and production of subsidized and modest -cost housing) will be helpful in assessing housing needs. LS799C -2-