CURRENT PROJECTS

COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE RESEARCH PLAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Center on Economic, Governance, and International Studies (CEGIS) of the National Research Council will undertake a study to evaluate HUD's current research plan and provide HUD and the Congress with a set of options and recommendations to consider regarding the future course of HUD's research needed to address future technology, engineering, and social or economic issues. For the purposes of this proposal research is defined to include the entire range of functions performed within the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) and similar functions that may be performed in other offices within HUD, and with its partners.
The evaluation will include the following tasks:

*Assess how well the current research program is aligned with the Department's mission, goals, and objectives;

*Assess the quality, timeliness, and usefulness of recent and current research products;

*Assess the allocation of resources to data development and analysis, research projects, demonstrations and experiments, program evaluations, and other activities;

*Assess the processes and criteria by which research projects are generated, selected, and funded;

*Identify unmet research needs where HUD could provide unique value;

*Develop a set of options and recommendations for the future course of research within HUD.

Among the research programs of PD&R is the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH). This was the subject of a recent NAS evaluation. While the current effort should consider PD&R in its entirety, it should build on the previous NAS efforts.

Membership
John C. Weicher (Chair), Hudson Institute, Center for Housing and Financial Markets
Raphael Bostic, University of Southern California
Steven M. Cramer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
George C. Galster, Wayne State University
Robert Helms, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Mayor Jeremy Harris, The Sustainable Cities Institute
Douglas Massey, Princeton University
Sandra J. Newman, Johns Hopkins University
Edgar O. Olsen, University of Virginia
John L. Palmer, Syracuse University
John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley
Michael A. Stegman, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Margery Austin Turner, The Urban Institute