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... PD&R produces several high-quality data sets for public use, and it has produced valuable policy assessments, forecasts, cautionary warnings, and recommendations to the secretary and Congress across the full range of HUD program responsibilities. PD&R's best work over the past four decades has made valuable contributions in several notable areas: the effectiveness of tenant-based housing assistance and the merits of alternative program designs in the housing 
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... It has managed major housing data sets, particularly the American Housing Survey, and has helped to create administrative data sets that provide information on HUD housing subsidy recipients. It has brought its research results and staff expertise to the policy development process at HUD, contributing to major initiatives in virtually all programs and regulatory responsibilities, often in critical situations.
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... 2. PD&R should actively engage with policy makers, ­ practitioners, urban leaders, and scholars to frame and implement a forward l ­ooking research agenda that includes both housing and an expanded focus on sustainable urban development.
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...  REBUILDING THE RESEARCH CAPACITY AT HUD not to offer budget recommendations, it is evident to the committee that many of PD&R's problems stem from the erosion of its budget, and that the office cannot accomplish the recommendations presented here without resources for additional well-trained research staff, data collection, and external research. In addition to these major recommendations, the committee provides more detailed recommendations to enable PD&R to achieve its potential.
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