Prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
PUBLIC HOUSING
OPERATING COST STUDY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Draft Research Design
July 9, 2001
Prepared For:
Office of Public and Indian Housing
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cooperative Agreement K-PIH-99156
Public Housing Operating Cost Study
James G. Stockard, Principal Investigator
Gregory A. Byrne, Project Director
Gretchen A. Maneval, Senior Research Analyst
Lora A. Nielsen, Project Staff Assistant
Acknowledgements
The following individuals provided valuable review and comments:
Jill Khadduri, Ken Lam, and Rhiannon Patterson, Abt Associates Inc.
Charlie S. Wilkins and Lynda Ose, The Compass Group LLC
Glenn L. French, CPM, G. L. French & Associates
Leonard S. Jones, JMA Consultants Incorporated
Paul Lambert, Lambert Advisory
Jan Shapin, Jan Shapin and Associates
Judith E. Weber, J Weber Consulting
Cost Study Senior Advisors
Phillip L. Clay, Senior Protocol Advisor
Jeffrey K. Lines, Senior Public Housing Advisor
Georgia Murray, Senior Private Housing Advisor
Public Housing Operating Cost Study Draft Research Design
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Executive Summary................................................................................................................... i
Chapter One – Developing Benchmark Operating Costs for Assisted Multifamily Rental
Housing .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Conceptual Framework................................................................................................. 1
A. Benchmarking the Operating Costs of Multifamily Housing Developments.............. 1
B. Costs of Assisted or Subsidized Rental Housing....................................................... 4
1.2 Development of Database ............................................................................................. 5
A. Operating Costs f